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A smart feeding system implemented on cattle farms

Posted: Sun 24th Jan, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Demonstration: An automated weight system implemented in fattening farms Spain

Posted: Mon 20th Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Trimestrial benchmark tool for full production costs of batches of bulls and heifers by breed

Posted: Tue 16th Jun, 2020
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Author: Mimi Saville
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Category: Economic Planning Tools for Beef Cattle Farms

The French national production cost method for grazing animals

Posted: Thu 26th Nov, 2020
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Author: Magda Fontes
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Category: Economic Planning Tools for Beef Cattle Farms

Economic effectiveness of cattle feeding with the RolnikON system

Posted: Tue 10th Nov, 2020
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Economic Planning Tools for Beef Cattle Farms

Technical and economic data management program for ruminant farms in Navarra

Posted: Wed 9th Dec, 2020
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Economic Planning Tools for Beef Cattle Farms

Beef cost: an app for beef cattle farmers to calculate production costs

Posted: Mon 12th Sep, 2022
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Economic Planning Tools for Beef Cattle Farms

Costs and benefits of risk factors able to reduce losses on cattle farms

Posted: Tue 23rd Nov, 2021
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Risk Management Systems for Farmers

Significant factors able to reduce on-farm losses of beef cattle on beef finisher farms

Posted: Tue 24th Nov, 2020
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Risk Management Systems for Farmers

Demonstration: Thoracic Squeeze in new-born calves with maladjustment syndrome (Portugal, webinar)

Posted: Mon 1st Nov, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Prediction of parturition to improve farmer’s ability to assist cows at the time of delivery

Posted: Mon 23rd Nov, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Elective Caesarean Section (ECS)

Posted: Tue 8th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Real time monitoring of the reproductive behaviour and welfare of grazing animals.

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

On-farm health assessment with user-friendly software ('welfare' app) for fattening farms

Posted: Fri 24th Jul, 2020
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Author: Frank Zerbe
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Category: Lameness in beef cattle

Collecting Foot and Leg Scores for Aberdeen Angus cattle in Portugal

Posted: Wed 16th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Recognising Causes of Lameness & Pain - Indicators & Different Assessment Criteria

Automatic individual weighing of animals (as frequently as they visit the water trough)

Posted: Tue 16th Jun, 2020
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Author: Mimi Saville
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Monitoring animal comfort with ear tags and microclimate sensors

Posted: Sun 24th Jan, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Automated assessment of individual weights when drinking

Posted: Mon 30th Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Demonstration: Precision Feeding by Roughage Intake Control (RIC) system

Posted: Fri 17th Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Demonstrations on automated weight in Belgium, Ireland and Poland

Posted: Fri 4th Feb, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Automated individual data for improving feed efficiency in Mertolenga cattle

Posted: Mon 23rd Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Automated measurement of temperature on cows’ hind legs

Posted: Tue 15th Dec, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Forage intake in grazing cattle with an acoustic monitoring system

Posted: Wed 13th Jan, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

A virtual fence pilot innovation for mountain farms (e-barana)

Posted: Mon 22nd Jun, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Using precision feeding through Keenan systems PACE technology in feeding finishing cattle

Posted: Sun 29th Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Smart Farms: individual herd monitoring

Posted: Wed 23rd Dec, 2020
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Individual automated weight system in fattening farms

Posted: Wed 16th Nov, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Beef’s Own Worth (B.O.W.): a predictor of carcass value at the time of sale

Posted: Mon 22nd Jun, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Genetic improvement for eating quality traits

Posted: Wed 16th Dec, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Muscle ultrasonography as a method for phenotype evaluation of meat quality in vivo

Posted: Fri 18th Dec, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Use of carcass and meat quality data in the genetic improvement scheme of the Pirenaica breed

Posted: Mon 30th Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

A dairy–beef index (DBI) to rank beef bulls for use on dairy females

Posted: Mon 19th Apr, 2021
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Marker-assisted selection related to meat tenderness in two local Spanish breeds

Posted: Mon 30th Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Demonstration: The evolution of the genetic improvement of the Pirenaica breed - New possibilities

Posted: Tue 4th Jan, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Improving carcass quality through annual inspections of certified grass-fed beef

Posted: Wed 10th Feb, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Carcass data registered at slaughter available to farmers

Posted: Wed 30th Mar, 2022
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Author: alessandro mazzenga
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Data from slaughterhouses coming back to farmers.

Posted: Thu 22nd Dec, 2022
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Author: dirk audenaert
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Using the BDGP (Beef Data and Genomics Programme) and BEEP-S (Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme-Suckler)

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Strategies to Reduce the Enteric Emission of Beef Cattle

Improvement of the performance of beef cattle through targeted breeding for meat performance (from Germany)

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Strategies to Reduce the Enteric Emission of Beef Cattle

The use of drones in agriculture to help reduce the climatic impact

Posted: Thu 3rd Dec, 2020
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Reduction of Nutrient & Pesticide Leaching to Improve Quality of Surface Water

Biosensoric eartags

Posted: Thu 17th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Animal Health and Welfare General

Producers organisation creating a shorter chain

Posted: Tue 2nd Nov, 2021
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Author: dirk audenaert
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Category: Initiatives to improve the image of and promote the sustainable consumption of beef

A new image of beef farming through the high standards of the Quality Meat Programme.

Posted: Mon 17th Jan, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Initiatives to improve the image of and promote the sustainable consumption of beef

Sustainable Meat Project

Posted: Tue 12th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Initiatives to improve the image of and promote the sustainable consumption of beef

Use of Sustainability and Quality Assurance Scheme in Ireland to improve beef image.

Posted: Mon 11th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Initiatives to improve the image of and promote the sustainable consumption of beef

Producing photovoltaic energy with the installation of panels on the roofs of livestock buildings

Posted: Thu 2nd Dec, 2021
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Author: Floriane PROST
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Category: Examining economically efficient housing systems for beef cattle

Scale at the waterpoint

Posted: Thu 19th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

 Improving and communicating animal welfare standards on beef farms with the Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Quality Assurance Scheme and FAWAC education booklet. 

Posted: Tue 19th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Precision feeding control by Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy

Posted: Wed 3rd Nov, 2021
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Author: alessandro mazzenga
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Demonstration: Online Training Animal Welfare Indicators for beef cattle

Posted: Thu 21st Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Demonstration: On-Farm-Scoring for Bovine Respiratory Disease

Posted: Thu 2nd Jun, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Mix and Match - Grouping Beef bulls affects social stress, respiratory disease and weight gain

Posted: Thu 26th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Finishing Betizu´s bulls in paddows

Posted: Tue 9th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Development of a protocol on animal protection and welfare in INTIA

Posted: Mon 8th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Calf and shed monitoring system: e-stado®

Posted: Tue 18th Jan, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Pre-slaughter nutritional therapy to reduce carcass and meat quality issues

Posted: Thu 16th Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

The use of antioxidants to extend the shelflife of the meat from intensive finished cattle

Posted: Mon 8th Nov, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Mobile slaughterhouse to reduce stress in cattle

Posted: Wed 20th Oct, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Vitamin D3 supplementation of cattle diets 30 day before slaughter is efficacious to enhance total beef vitamin D activity

Posted: Wed 23rd Mar, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Gently touching of beef calves early in life reduces stress at the abattoir

Posted: Mon 8th Nov, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Research Innovation Demonstrated: Appeasing pheromones

Posted: Tue 25th Oct, 2022
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Author: Airi Külvet
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Analogue of maternal appeasing pheromones in beef cattle

Posted: Mon 18th Oct, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Observatory for cattle reproductive performances in France

Posted: Wed 17th Nov, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Using Moocall Heat detection technology to reduce the calving interval and enable a change to AI in suckler herds

Posted: Fri 8th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Estrus detection in suckler cows using automated on-farm tools

Posted: Fri 25th Jun, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Demonstration performed in Spain on Automated estrus detection

Posted: Fri 28th Oct, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Demonstration: Tools for Monitoring the Reproductive Efficiency

Posted: Mon 31st Oct, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Demonstration performed in Spain on Ovarian Synchronisation Protocols

Posted: Mon 7th Nov, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

The most common devices for calving detection used in Belgium

Posted: Thu 22nd Dec, 2022
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Author: dirk audenaert
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Ovarian synchronization protocols to improve reproductive efficiency in beef heifers

Posted: Thu 2nd Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Proposed standard procedure for bull evaluation in Spain: The VART guide

Posted: Wed 1st Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

How can private investors contribute to a reward system?

Posted: Tue 7th Sep, 2021
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Reward schemes for farmers meeting environmental deliverables

Farm Carbon Calculator

Posted: Tue 25th Oct, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Carbon sequestration

Holistic Management and Carbon sequestration

Posted: Tue 7th Sep, 2021
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Carbon sequestration

Co-operation between NGO Liivimaa Lihaveis and Linnamäe Meat Industry in meat marketing and education of farmers and consumers.

Posted: Mon 5th Sep, 2022
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Author: Airi Külvet
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Category: Methods to ensure a fairer distribution of the final price along the supply/food chain

Automatization of carcass classification with AI devices and direct communication and payment for beef farmer

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Methods to ensure a fairer distribution of the final price along the supply/food chain

Teff (Eragrostis Tef), an alternative crop for spring/summer forage

Posted: Wed 29th Jun, 2022
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: The use of alternative feedstuffs to reduce the high costs of raw material for feeding

Finishing of young cattle on the basis of vegetable industry by-products

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: The use of alternative feedstuffs to reduce the high costs of raw material for feeding

Purchasing calves for fattening - what to look out for when selecting calves

Posted: Sat 14th May, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Test and evaluate vitality parameters before sale

Posted: Mon 15th Aug, 2022
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Transport - usually necessary, but always a demanding challenge for calves.

Posted: Thu 18th Aug, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Health Check of Calves prior to purchase

Posted: Wed 27th Jul, 2022
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Vaccination of animals at French birthplace farm before import to Italy for fattening

Posted: Tue 26th Jul, 2022
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Author: alessandro mazzenga
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Knowledge transfer in the training of animal welfare

Posted: Fri 29th Jul, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Low Stress Stockmanship

Posted: Mon 28th Mar, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Stress-free cattle weighing systems

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Animal welfare standard for transportation

Posted: Mon 15th Aug, 2022
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Using the 3D imaging technology to estimate lean meat yield

Posted: Tue 2nd Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

Prediction of bull’s slaughter value from growth data

Posted: Mon 8th Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

Image processing method to predict beef tenderness

Posted: Mon 8th Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

MASTERBEEF™ - An Integrated Tool to Evaluate the Carcass and Meat Quality in the Abattoir

Posted: Mon 5th Sep, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

On-farm demonstration: Meat quality prediction by in vivo ultrasound analysis

Posted: Tue 25th Oct, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

Evaluation of carcass quality in the slaughterhouse.

Posted: Thu 22nd Dec, 2022
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Author: dirk audenaert
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

Mapping of intramuscular marbling of carcasses in cooperation with Linnamäe Meatfactory and Liivimaa Lihaveis NPO grassfed quality scheme, with the aim of selecting suitable carcasses and providing feedback to farmers.

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Airi Külvet
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

Meat@ppli – a smartphone application to determine the fat content of beef in real time

Posted: Tue 26th Jul, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

Genetic selection (genetic index) to improve the quality of carcass on farm-produced animals

Posted: Fri 8th Jul, 2022
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Author: Marie PENN
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Effects of vitamin A on beef marbling

Posted: Thu 4th Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Main factors of marbling level in beef cattle – The Angus Breedplan

Posted: Thu 4th Aug, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Early weaning and high energy intake before grazing

Posted: Thu 18th Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

“Marbling window”: from 150 to 250 days of age

Posted: Mon 22nd Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Finishing cull dairy cows to improve carcass and meat quality

Posted: Tue 23rd Aug, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Irish Angus Producer Group Elite Breed Improvement Programme

Posted: Wed 31st Aug, 2022
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Neogen genetic test implemented in an Angus farm in Estonia to increase beef marbling

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Airi Külvet
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Nutrigenomics of beef marbling and fatty acid composition

Posted: Fri 7th Oct, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

BOVIDCO2: a tool for environmental assessment specialized in Spanish beef cattle farms

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms

DECiDE

Posted: Wed 27th Jul, 2022
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms

Carbon calculator

Posted: Tue 26th Jul, 2022
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms

CAP'2ER as a tool to measure the Carbon footprint of Italian beef farms

Posted: Thu 28th Jul, 2022
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Author: alessandro mazzenga
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms

Climate effectiveness calculator

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms

Ecosystem Services - The example of Santo Isidro farm

Posted: Sat 27th Aug, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Methods to enhance biodiversity on beef cattle farms without the need for large investment