Program
CPH Pig Seminar January 28, 2015
Up to Date with Pig Research
Between 8:30 and 9:00 there will be registration of all participants.
Time
9:00-9:10
Presenters
Asger Lundorff Jensen
Title
Welcome
Head of Department, Department of
Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences
9:10-9:30
Jacob Rasmussen
Head of co-op supply at Danish Crown
Why is the production of slaughter pigs in
Denmark decreasing?
Session 1: Sows and Piglets
Chair: Jens Peter Nielsen
9:30-9:45
Cystitis in Danish sows at slaughter –
prevalence and diagnosis
Physiological characteristics of high producing
lactating Danish sows
Early life nutrition, development and survival,
- Experimental studies in neonatal piglets
Sows in SWAP pens
Lola Tolstrup Leihardt,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
9:45-10:00
Anja Varmløse Strathe,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
10:00-10:15
Louise Øvlisen Langhorn,
Research Assistant, IKVH
10:15-10:30
Janni Hales Pedersen,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
10:30-11:00
MORNING TEA/COFFEE
Session 2: Growing Pigs
Chair: Henrik Elvang
11:00-11:15
MRSA in livestock – facts and challenges
Poul Bækbo,
Head of Department, Department of
Veterinary Research and Development,
Pig Research Centre
11:15-11:30
Per Skallerup,
Post. Doc., IKVH
11:30-11:45
Dan Børge Jensen,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
11:45-12:00
Katarina Nielsen Dominiak,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
12:00-13:00
LUNCH
Genome-wide association study reveals a
locus for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus
aureus in Danish crossbred pigs
A multi-dimensional dynamic linear model for
monitoring growing pigs
Prioritization of alarms from automatic
monitoring systems in livestock production – a
review
Session 3: Prevention and Therapy
Chair: Anders Miki Boyesen
13:00-13:15
Intestinal health in Danish weaners –
treatment and control
Serotype-independent bacterial immunogens:
an alternative vaccine's development against
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Natural plant compounds with immunemodulating and anti-parasitic activity;
implications for pig production
Is vaccination an alternative to antimicrobial
treatment in pig production?
Nicolai Weber,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
13:15-13:30
Fabio Antenucci,
Ph.D. Student, IVS
13:30-13:45
Andrew Williams,
Post. Doc., IVS
13:45-14:00
Amanda Brinch Kruse,
Ph.D. Student, IPH
14:00-14:30 AFTERNOON TEA/COFFEE
Session 4: Welfare
14:30-14:45
Marlene Kirchner,
Assistant Professor, IPH
14:45-15:00
Chiara Trevisan,
Ph.D. Student, IVS
15:00-15:15
Pia Brandt,
Ph.D. Student, Danish Meat Research
Institute and Aarhus University
15:15-15:30
Christian Fink Hansen
Chair: Björn Forkman
Creating a Danish animal welfare index for pig
production systems
A case-control behavioural study to determine
the welfare burden of pigs naturally infected
with Taenia solium in Tanzania
Welfare assessment of finishing pigs from
farm to slaughter
Concluding remarks
Sign up for the seminar on
www.cphpig.ku.dk
Online registration available until January 19, 2015