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Contents of Livestock Production Science, Volume 77 VOL. 77 NO. 1
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Performance and hormone levels of immunocastrated, surgically castrated and intact male pigs fed ad libitum high- and low-energy diets X.Y. Zeng, J.A. Turkstra, A.W. Jongbloed, J.Th.M. van Diepen, R.H. Meloen, H.B. Oonk, D.Z. Guo and D.F.M. van de Wiel (Sichuan, PR China and Lelystad, The Netherlands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of feed intake during pregnancy on productive performance and grazing behaviour of primiparous sows kept in an outdoor system under tropical conditions R.H. Santos Ricalde and I.J. Lean (Yucatan, Mexico and Kent, UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic parameters of production, feed intake, body weight, body composition, and udder health in lactating dairy cows E. Søndergaard, M.K. Sørensen, I.L. Mao and J. Jensen (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance of double-muscled bulls affected by grazing or restricted indoor feed intake during the growing period followed by finishing up to two different slaughter weights L.O. Fiems, S. De Campeneere, J.L. De Boever and J.M. Vanacker (Melle-Gontrode, Belgium) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics of foodstuffs and diets, and the quanti-qualitative milk parameters of Mediterranean buffaloes bred in Italy using the intensive system. An estimate of the nutritional requirements of buffalo herds lactating or dry S. Bartocci, C. Tripaldi and S. Terramoccia (Rome, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat stress in lactating dairy cows: a review C.T. Kadzere, M.R. Murphy, N. Silanikove and E. Maltz (Urbana, IL, USA and Bet Dagan, Israel) . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP News Response to Editorial: The Role of EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53rd EAAP Annual Meeting, Cairo, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future EAAP Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retirement of Executive Vice-President of EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . New Secretary-General of EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Thanks to Professor Jean Boyazoglu . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Conference on Animal Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ICAR & Interbull Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forthcoming Scientific Meetings of interest to EAAP . . . . . . . . . . In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Report to the FAO Commission on Animal Genetic Resources International News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Development Report on Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research Award for Syngen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAO BiotechNews Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topical Review: Interaction of Breeding and Nutrition . . . . . . . . . Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calendar of Scientific Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The effect of exposure to feces from four farm species on the avoidance behaviour and feed consumption of sheep ´ E. Suarez and A. Orihuela (Colima and Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urinary excretion of purine derivatives and prediction of rumen microbial outflow in goats ˜ A. Belenguer, D. Yanez, J. Balcells, N.H. Ozdemir Baber and M. Gonzalez Ronquillo (Zaragoza and Granada, Spain and Ankara, Turkey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysis of diversity and population structure in the Lipizzan horse breed based on pedigree information ¨ P. Zechner, J. Solkner, I. Bodo, T. Druml, R. Baumung, R. Achmann, E. Marti, F. Habe and G. Brem (Wien, Austria, Budapest, Hungary, Bern, Switzerland and Domzale, Slovenia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic variation of lactation curves in dairy sheep: quadratic function versus Wood’s model Y.M. Chang, R. Rekaya, D. Gianola and D.L. Thomas (Madison, WI and Athens, GA, USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simultaneous estimation of the covariance structure of traits from field test, station test and litter recording in pigs ˇ ˇ ´ J. Wolf, E. Groeneveld and M. Wolfova´ (Nitra, Slovak Republic, Prague, Czech Republic and D. Peskovicova, Neustadt, Germany) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic parameters for packed red blood cell volume and daily gain during grazing in Japanese Shorthorn calves facing a natural challenge from Japanese theileriosis M. Fukasawa, T. Kikuchi, H. Shinohara, A. Nishida and T. Yamagishi (Sendai-shi and Tamayama-mura, Japan) . Estimation of farm specific parameters in a longitudinal model for litter size with variance components and random dropout N. Toft and E. Jørgensen (Frederiksberg and Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of genotype, feeding system and slaughter weight on the quality of light lambs. II. Fatty acid composition of meat ´ J. Santos-Silva, R.J.B. Bessa and F. Santos-Silva (Vale de Santarem, Portugal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparative digestibility and lipogenic activity in Landrace and Iberian finishing pigs fed ad libitum corn- and corn– sorghum–acorn-based diets ´ J. Morales, J.F. Perez, M.D. Baucells, J. Mourot and J. Gasa (Bellaterra, Spain and Saint-Gilles, France) . . . . . Optimising the quality and biomass production of maize stover tops for stall-fed dual purpose dairy cows in semiarid central Tanzania J.M. Bwire and H. Wiktorsson (Uppsala, Sweden and Mpwapwa, Tanzania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimization of progeny testing schemes when functional traits play an important role in the total merit index ¨ A. Willam, C. Egger-Danner, J. Solkner and E. Gierzinger (Vienna, Austria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amino acid availability and energy value of acorn in the Iberian pig ´ and J.F. Aguilera (Granada, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Nieto, M. Rivera, M a] .A. Garcıa Effects of 4-day hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamps during early and mid-lactation on milk yield, milk composition, feed intake, and energy balance D.G. Mashek, L.R. Norup, J.B. Andersen and K.L. Ingvartsen (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of supplementing veld hay with a dry meal or silage from pods of Acacia sieberiana with or without wheat bran on voluntary intake, digestibility, excretion of purine derivatives, nitrogen utilization, and weight gain in South African Merino sheep A.T. Ngwa, I.V. Nsahlai and P.A. Iji (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic detection of oestrus in postpartum dairy cows: efficiency and accuracy of the DEC (showheat) system J. Saumande (Nouzilly, France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evaluation of supplements to enhance nutrient supply and milk production of cattle fed diets based on elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) using a mathematical model S.I.F.C. Rodrigues, J. Dijkstra, A.G. Assis, J. France and S. Tamminga (Wageningen, The Netherlands, Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil and Reading, UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy expenditure estimation from heart rate: validation by long-term energy balance measurement in cows A. Brosh, Y. Aharoni and Z. Holzer (Ramat Yishay, Israel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmentally friendly beef production from two genotypes fed cereal / molasses diets A. Araba and F.M. Byers (Rabat, Morocco and Beltsville MD, USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An investigation of feeding level effects on digestibility in cattle for diets based on grass silage and high fibre concentrates at two forage:concentrate ratios F.J. Mulligan, P.J. Caffrey, M. Rath, J.J. Callan, P.O. Brophy and F.P. O’Mara (Dublin, Ireland) . . . . . . . . . . . Intake and apparent digestibility of perennial ryegrass haylages fed to ponies either at maintenance or at work D. Bergero, P.G. Peiretti and E. Cola (Grugliasco and Torino, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of feeding level on milk production, body weight change, feed conversion and postpartum oestrus of crossbred lactating cows in tropical conditions M.V. Sanh, H. Wiktorsson and L.V. Ly (Hanoi, Viet Nam and Uppsala, Sweden) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents / Livestock Production Science 77 (2002) 363 – 365 Effects of feeding level before and after calving, and restricted suckling frequency on postpartum reproductive and productive performance of Sarda and Charolais 3 Sarda beef cows M.L. Marongiu, G. Molle, L. San Juan, G. Bomboi, C. Ligios, A. Sanna, S. Casu and M.G. Diskin (Olmedo and Sassari, Italy and Galway, Ireland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Performance and hormone levels of immunocastrated, surgically castrated and intact male pigs fed ad libitum high- and low-energy diets X.Y. Zeng, J.A. Turkstra, A.W. Jongbloed, J.Th.M. van Diepen, R.H. Meloen, H.B. Oonk, D.Z. Guo and D.F.M. van de Wiel (Sichuan, PR China and Lelystad, The Netherlands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of feed intake during pregnancy on productive performance and grazing behaviour of primiparous sows kept in an outdoor system under tropical conditions R.H. Santos Ricalde and I.J. Lean (Yucatan, Mexico and Kent, UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic parameters of production, feed intake, body weight, body composition, and udder health in lactating dairy cows E. Søndergaard, M.K. Sørensen, I.L. Mao and J. Jensen (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance of double-muscled bulls affected by grazing or restricted indoor feed intake during the growing period followed by finishing up to two different slaughter weights L.O. Fiems, S. De Campeneere, J.L. De Boever and J.M. Vanacker (Melle-Gontrode, Belgium) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics of foodstuffs and diets, and the quanti-qualitative milk parameters of Mediterranean buffaloes bred in Italy using the intensive system. An estimate of the nutritional requirements of buffalo herds lactating or dry S. Bartocci, C. Tripaldi and S. Terramoccia (Rome, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat stress in lactating dairy cows: a review C.T. Kadzere, M.R. Murphy, N. Silanikove and E. Maltz (Urbana, IL, USA and Bet Dagan, Israel) . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP News Response to Editorial: The Role of EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53rd EAAP Annual Meeting, Cairo, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future EAAP Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retirement of Executive Vice-President of EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . New Secretary-General of EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Thanks to Professor Jean Boyazoglu . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Conference on Animal Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ICAR & Interbull Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forthcoming Scientific Meetings of interest to EAAP . . . . . . . . . . In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Report to the FAO Commission on Animal Genetic Resources International News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Development Report on Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research Award for Syngen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAO BiotechNews Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topical Review: Interaction of Breeding and Nutrition . . . . . . . . . Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calendar of Scientific Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The effect of exposure to feces from four farm species on the avoidance behaviour and feed consumption of sheep ´ E. Suarez and A. Orihuela (Colima and Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urinary excretion of purine derivatives and prediction of rumen microbial outflow in goats ˜ A. Belenguer, D. Yanez, J. Balcells, N.H. Ozdemir Baber and M. Gonzalez Ronquillo (Zaragoza and Granada, Spain and Ankara, Turkey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysis of diversity and population structure in the Lipizzan horse breed based on pedigree information ¨ P. Zechner, J. Solkner, I. Bodo, T. Druml, R. Baumung, R. Achmann, E. Marti, F. Habe and G. Brem (Wien, Austria, Budapest, Hungary, Bern, Switzerland and Domzale, Slovenia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic variation of lactation curves in dairy sheep: quadratic function versus Wood’s model Y.M. Chang, R. Rekaya, D. Gianola and D.L. Thomas (Madison, WI and Athens, GA, USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simultaneous estimation of the covariance structure of traits from field test, station test and litter recording in pigs ˇ ˇ ´ J. Wolf, E. Groeneveld and M. Wolfova´ (Nitra, Slovak Republic, Prague, Czech Republic and D. Peskovicova, Neustadt, Germany) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic parameters for packed red blood cell volume and daily gain during grazing in Japanese Shorthorn calves facing a natural challenge from Japanese theileriosis M. Fukasawa, T. Kikuchi, H. Shinohara, A. Nishida and T. Yamagishi (Sendai-shi and Tamayama-mura, Japan) . Estimation of farm specific parameters in a longitudinal model for litter size with variance components and random dropout N. Toft and E. Jørgensen (Frederiksberg and Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of genotype, feeding system and slaughter weight on the quality of light lambs. II. Fatty acid composition of meat ´ J. Santos-Silva, R.J.B. Bessa and F. Santos-Silva (Vale de Santarem, Portugal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparative digestibility and lipogenic activity in Landrace and Iberian finishing pigs fed ad libitum corn- and corn– sorghum–acorn-based diets ´ J. Morales, J.F. Perez, M.D. Baucells, J. Mourot and J. Gasa (Bellaterra, Spain and Saint-Gilles, France) . . . . . Optimising the quality and biomass production of maize stover tops for stall-fed dual purpose dairy cows in semiarid central Tanzania J.M. Bwire and H. Wiktorsson (Uppsala, Sweden and Mpwapwa, Tanzania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimization of progeny testing schemes when functional traits play an important role in the total merit index ¨ A. Willam, C. Egger-Danner, J. Solkner and E. Gierzinger (Vienna, Austria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amino acid availability and energy value of acorn in the Iberian pig ´ and J.F. Aguilera (Granada, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Nieto, M. Rivera, M a] .A. Garcıa Effects of 4-day hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamps during early and mid-lactation on milk yield, milk composition, feed intake, and energy balance D.G. Mashek, L.R. Norup, J.B. Andersen and K.L. Ingvartsen (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of supplementing veld hay with a dry meal or silage from pods of Acacia sieberiana with or without wheat bran on voluntary intake, digestibility, excretion of purine derivatives, nitrogen utilization, and weight gain in South African Merino sheep A.T. Ngwa, I.V. Nsahlai and P.A. Iji (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic detection of oestrus in postpartum dairy cows: efficiency and accuracy of the DEC (showheat) system J. Saumande (Nouzilly, France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evaluation of supplements to enhance nutrient supply and milk production of cattle fed diets based on elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) using a mathematical model S.I.F.C. Rodrigues, J. Dijkstra, A.G. Assis, J. France and S. Tamminga (Wageningen, The Netherlands, Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil and Reading, UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy expenditure estimation from heart rate: validation by long-term energy balance measurement in cows A. Brosh, Y. Aharoni and Z. Holzer (Ramat Yishay, Israel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmentally friendly beef production from two genotypes fed cereal / molasses diets A. Araba and F.M. Byers (Rabat, Morocco and Beltsville MD, USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An investigation of feeding level effects on digestibility in cattle for diets based on grass silage and high fibre concentrates at two forage:concentrate ratios F.J. Mulligan, P.J. Caffrey, M. Rath, J.J. Callan, P.O. Brophy and F.P. O’Mara (Dublin, Ireland) . . . . . . . . . . . Intake and apparent digestibility of perennial ryegrass haylages fed to ponies either at maintenance or at work D. Bergero, P.G. Peiretti and E. Cola (Grugliasco and Torino, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of feeding level on milk production, body weight change, feed conversion and postpartum oestrus of crossbred lactating cows in tropical conditions M.V. Sanh, H. Wiktorsson and L.V. Ly (Hanoi, Viet Nam and Uppsala, Sweden) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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