Book of abstracts of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production : Bled, Slovenia, 5-9 September 2004

This "Book of Abstracts" is the main publication of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) held in Bled, Slovenia, on 5-9 September 2004. It contains abstracts of the invited papers and contributed presentations. The meeting addressed subjects relating to science and innovation, but in Bled the main theme is "Sustainability of Livestock Systems". Also, important problems were discussed during the sessions of EAAP's nine Commissions: Animal Genetics, Animal Nutrition, Animal Management and Health, Animal Physiology, Livestock Farming Systems, Cattle Production, Sheep and Goat Production, Pig Production and Horse Production. In addition joint sessions on topics interesting several disciplines and species were included in the programme. A total of 2843 authors (741 abstracts) contributed to this publication. Book of Abstracts of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production; Preface; Timetable; Scientific programme EAAP-2004; Agendas of Study Commissions; Commission on Animal Genetics (G); Commission on Animal Nutrition (N); Commission on Animal Management and Health (M); Commission on Animal Physiology (Ph); Commission on Cattle Production (C); Commission on Sheep and Goat Production (S); Commission on Pig Production (P); Commission on Horse Production (H); Commission on Livestock Farming Systems (L); Authors Index. Publication of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) held in Bled, Slovenia, on 5-9 September 2004. This book contains abstracts of the invited papers and contributed presentations. With the theme "Sustainability of Livestock Systems", the meeting addressed subjects relating to science and innovation.