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N° 198 - Apr 2021
European Federation of Animal Science www.eaap.org
January
Main Topics
l News from EAAP
pag. 1 - 2
l EAAP People Portrait
pag. 3 - 4
l Science and Innovation
pag. 4
l News from EU
pag. 4
l Industry and Organizations
pag. 4 - 5
l Job Offers
pag. 5
l Publications
pag. 6
l Obituary
pag. 6
l Conferences, Workshops
pag. 7 - 8
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL
How best to disseminate science when the environment changes
I am taking the opportunity, after the EAAP Webinar Series that we recently launched, to
talk about why we are looking for new means of scientific dissemination. Dissemination
is not only a matter for animal science societies or publishers of scientific magazines, but
above all a responsibility for scientists both as authors/speakers and readers/audience. The
current pandemic demanded that we use technologies that were already available but
that we did not fully use. This was possible because of the scale and pace of technological
change. The industry of science dissemination is changing rapidly. Sometimes we feel
scared about this. Yes, some things are fading away, but so much more is being created.
In the western world traditional newspapers saw circulation fall on average by 4% year
on year and many of them disappeared. But news isn’t disappearing. It’s shifting. It’s not
on paper, it’s on our phone. That raises many considerations, but we are wrong to see it
as decline.
Often, what stops us developing along with the technologies is fear. Not personal fear of
losing our jobs but a kind of professional fear of actively destroying the past for an uncertain
future. The Kodak example is famous. The new digital technology didn’t pass Kodak by.
Kodak invented the digital camera and had the patents. Kodak had everything needed
except the vision to see that they weren’t in the film and chemicals business, they were in
the picture business. Finally, the Kodak mindset was not the preservation of Kodak, it was
its end. Others filled the gap they could have occupied. This experience tells us that the
formula for success is renewal, not maintaining the same old position. This is an exciting
moment for science dissemination and it is about enjoying the chance to re-invent the
process. Although doing something new is natural it also carries with it the fear of failure.
But occasional failures are inevitable by-products of risk-taking and renewal or even an
essential part of the process. Success breeds confidence, but failure breeds learning. We
must be free of the constraints that make sense for day-to-day activity and make every
effort to do things differently.
Andrea Rosati
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News from EAAP Participate to the EAAP Young Scientists Award!
EAAP Webinars Program goes on and is EAAP Young Scientists Award EAAP will grant to
available on EAAP YouTube Channel early career researchers the “EAAP Young Scientists
Award”. All scientists who are born after 1th September
1983 can participate. The candidates should be
EAAP individual members (if you are not individual
member, you can still apply, please see how at EAAP
website) and should have demonstrated outstanding
research performance with the European dimension
and perspective. The awardee will be recognized
and will receive a plate in Davos (Switzerland). He/
she will be invited to present a paper at the following
Annual Meeting in Porto 2022 where will be offered a
free registration.
Nominations must be submitted to the EAAP office
(eaap@eaap.org) by 15th May 2021. The application
Around two weeks ago we held the second shall be accompanied by the documents below:
webinar of the EAAP series dedicated to the fast
growth of the insects industry. It was attended by • Curriculum Vitae
an amazingly large audience, there were in fact • European experience (if not in the CV) such as
478 registered participants. Encouraged by the participation in EU projects or benefiting EU grants
previous experiences, we are continuing with the • List of scientific publications and/or of products
series with a new Webinar that will be held on May (e.g. patents)
11. News about the topic and the relative scientific • List of eventual presentations at the EAAP Annual
program will be announced soon. The video of the Meetings
second EAAP Webinar, dedicated to the insect’s • Letter of support by another Individual Member
industry, is available at the YouTube EAAP Channel. • Eventual EAAP related scholarships
To watch many other interesting animal science
videos recorded by EAAP visit our Channel!
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EAAP 2021 - Distinguished Service Award
Winners
We are very proud to announce the winners of the
EAAP Distinguished Service Award (DSA): Joanne
Conington, Sipke Joost Hiemstra and Matthias
Gauly! The DSA is assigned to senior persons in
acknowledgement of their outstanding career and
service to the livestock sector in general and to
EAAP in particular. EAAP wishes to thank them for the
great contribution they gave to our organization! Matthias Gauly
Joanne, Sipke and Matthias will be awarded in
Davos during next EAAP Annual Meeting.
JSipke Joost Hiemstra
Joanne Conington
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EAAP People Portrait
so in August 1999, she and her two Labrador
Retrievers, moved to Texas to join a canine genetics
lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas
Melissa L. Cox A&M University in the Interdisciplinary program of
Genetics. After earning her doctorate in Genetics,
Melissa did her first Postdoc at Pfizer Global Research
and Development in the Investigative Pathobiology
Lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In addition to her
“normal” pharmacogenomics research, in her
free time she established an operant conditioning
training program for minipigs in the Dermatology
department. Melissa’s second postdoc was at
The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine,
after which she moved back to Nova Scotia for a
year as Scientific Project Manager for Progressive
Genomics Inc. (PGI) on dairy cattle reproductive
longevity. During this time, she also co-taught
Growing up in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, Melissa several courses at the Nova Scotia Agricultural
L. Cox, Ph.D. never pictured herself as the future College/ Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus
Scientific Lead at a genetic testing laboratory with her mother, Heather Logan. Together, they
in Germany. Life takes many strange but happy also developed a theory and skills-based course for
turns! Melissa’s mother bred Labrador Retrievers teaching operant conditioning behaviour analysis
for 35 years, ran a large dog boarding kennel, and (OCBA) which could be delivered in person and
was an animal behaviourist consultant. Melissa online. In 2011, Melissa and her Labrador Retriever
therefore grew up showing and training dogs, moved to Germany, joining her now-husband
riding horses, and even showing rabbits in 4-H. David. After some challenging time studying
She was also responsible for milking her own goat German, she did a postdoc at the University of
(a lovely Toggenberg named “Flora”) because Tuebingen, while continuing to co-teach the
of a childhood allergy to cow milk protein. She distance learning OCBA program. In 2014, her
was also the groom for her mother’s horse driving company CAG GmbH – Center for Animal Genetics
competitions. It was therefore natural for Melissa to was founded in Tuebingen, with Melissa as Scientific
pursue a degree in Biology at Dalhousie University Lead. In 2020, CAG merged with another small
and the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova animal genetics laboratory, to become Generatio
Scotia. After completing her Bachelors of Science GmbH – Center for Animal Genetics. The lab runs
degree, Melissa wanted to study dog genetics, diagnostic testing in horses, dogs, and cats, as well
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as running a robust research program. Melissa often effort to do just this is being made at Wageningen
gives seminars for breeders, vets, and organizations, University & Research in the Netherlands. Read the
and routinely lectures on equine genetics at the full article on DairyGlobal..
Equine Management Program at the Hochschule
für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen.
Melissa was elected as Industry Representative to
the Horse Commission in 2016 and 2019. Continuing
her enthusiasm for animal behaviour and training,
she has chaired several related Horse Commission
sessions, including “Science supporting the health
and welfare of horses” (Tallinn, 2017), “Welfare
and behavior in animal training” (Dubrovnik, 2018),
“Horse performance and welfare – Ethics” (Ghent,
2019), and will co-chair the 2021 session “Equine
end-of-life: management challenges”.
From EU (policies and projects)
From Science and Innovation
RES4LIVE presentation video
RES4LIVE video presentation is now available on
Red seaweed as a feed additive to stop methane YouTube! Enjoy the video and discover more about
production RES4LIVE project!
.
Two research groups are now scaling up for the
commercial launch of this cattle feed additive.
From Industry, Governments and
International Organizations
Which has been shown to almost completely stop
methane production. With concern over climate
change reaching unprecedented levels, a feed
additive that causes a huge reduction in methane Getting close to Davos EAAP Annual Meeting
production by cows is both exciting and extremely 2021
welcome. Read the full article on AllAboutFeed.
To get close to the 2021 Annual Meeting some
information about its location, the Canton of Grisons
or “little Switzerland”.
The Canton of Grisons, the canton of Davos, is one
of the Gold Sponsors for the EAAP Congress 2021.
Agriculturally and culturally, the canton is extremely
diverse. There are 3 official languages spoken in
very different dialects: German, Rhaeto-Romance
and Italian. The highest point of the canton is the Piz
Bernina at 4049 m above sea level. The lowest point
is on the canton’s border with Ticino, at an altitude
Measuring animal emotions – and why it matters of just 260 m above sea level. Because of these
zones and its shape, which is similar to Switzerland,
Humans can communicate by speaking, writing or the canton is also called “little Switzerland”. There
gesturing and also have faces that usually portray are very many mountain farmers who adapt
how they feel. What if the emotions of farm animals to the landscape. 62% of the farmers produce
could also be interpreted accurately through their organically, such as milk, cheese, meat, wine, as
communication, faces and body language? An well as chestnuts and other products. The Rhine,
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one of the most important and busiest waterways in According to the South China Morning Post, Duan Aijun,
Europe, rises in the mountains of the canton. After a president of Huawei’s machine vision business, mad
distance of 1200 km it flows into the North Sea near that announcement on the Chinese microblogging
Rotterdam. Tourism is an important economic sector. site Weibo without elaborating. Read the full article on
The Landwasser Viaduct, a Unesco World Heritage PigProgress.
Site, as well as places like Davos, St. Moritz or Chur
are famous attractions. On both accompanying
tours you will have the chance to know the canton
better. On the first tour you visit Chur, the oldest city
in Switzerland, where people lived 11,000 years ago
and a typical vineyard in the Bündner Herrschaft.
On the second tour instead you will experience
contrasts: Pure nature in the Engadine National
Park, where you can observe ibex, deer, marmots
and other animals. And in the afternoon, you visit
fashionable St. Moritz. On the way, you will pass
over the Landwasser Viaduct! See you in Davos!
Job offers
Full Professor at Wageningen University, The
Netherlands
Currently, the Wageningen Animal Science
Department is looking for a Full Professor and
Chair of the Animal Production Systems Group. A
PhD in (farming) agri-food systems research and
sustainability and/or system analysis is required.
Deadline: 5th May 2021. For more information and
application read the job vacancy.
WHO report into COVID pandemic origins
zeroes in on animal markets, not labs Two positions at DNA Genetics, Columbus,
USAA
Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note
that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to DNA Genetics is a producer-owned swine genetics
be satisfied. Markets that sold animals — some dead, company that truly understands pork production.
some alive — in December 2019 have emerged as Two positions are available:
a probable source of the coronavirus pandemic in
a major investigation organized by the World Health • Director of Genetic Programs: this position will lead
Organization (WHO). Read the full article on Nature. and coordinate the activities of a team focused on
the development and implementation of existing
Chinese tech giant Huawei goes into pigs and novel genetic technologies within a swine
nucleus breeding program.
Chinese technology company Huawei has announced
to go into pig farming as the company explores • Software QA Analyst: this role will validate new
growth areas outside smartphones. Last week, Huawei development related to the company’s internal
launched an artificial intelligence pig farming project. web applications.
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Publications
• Elsevier
Animal: Volume 15- Issue 3 – March 2021
Article of the month: “My pigs are ok, why change? –
animal welfare accounts of pig farmers”.
In memory of Sergio Gigli
It is with great sadness that we announce the death
of Sergio Gigli, at the end of last January at the age
of 76. For all of us he was a great friend, as well as a
good colleague and an excellent researcher in the
livestock sector, even though he had got a master
degree in Chemistry (obtained with honours in 1971
• Publications Office of the EU at the University of Rome). To be continued.
EGE opinion on the ethics of genome editing. 2021.
• Wageningen academic Publishers
Editor’s Choice Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.
March 2021
Obituary
In memory of Peter J. Van Soest
Peter J. Van Soest, one of the greatest scientists
ever in animal nutrition, passed away last Sunday.
He changed the way of looking at ruminants, their
nutrition and ecology. He represented a turning
point in the study of ruminants, bringing it to the level
of great science compared to a previous prevailing
empiricism. We are not here to summarize his career,
his studies, his discoveries. They are too many and
they would distract us from the man and scientist he
was. To be continued.
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Conferences and workshops August 16th – 19th 2021, Virtual conference
8th International Conference on the assessment
EAAP invites you to check the validity of the dates of Animal Welfare at farm and Group Level
for every single event published below and in the (WAFL 2021)
Calendar of the website, due to the state of sanitary
emergency that World is currently dealing with. The WAFL conference is an international scientific
conference on the assessment of animal welfare at
farm and group level, held once every three years.
Online meeting, June 1-2, 2021 It will be held virtually in August (16-19 August 2021)
to share and learn about advances in this field of
Spanish Animal Production Conference (19th study, and help to strengthen connections between
Edition) animal welfare scientists around the world. For more
information visit the website and read the attached
This conference is organized every two years by AIDA document.
(Asociación Interprofesional para el Desarrollo Agrario,
Spain), and usually attended by more 300 scientists in ---
its previous on-site editions. In 2021 it will be held online.
The latest advances in Animal Production R&D will be August 30th – September 3rd 2021 in Davos,
presented in six parallel scientific sessions: Livestock Switzerland
Farming Systems, Nutrition and Feeding, Reproduction,
Health and Welfare, Genetics and Product Quality. 72nd EAAP Annual Meeting
Contributions can be in oral or poster form. For further
information and registration, please visit the event EAAP is delighted to invite you to the 72nd Annual
webpage. Meeting. It will be a hybrid event from August 30th
to September 3rd, 2021 in Davos, the highest town in
--- Europe situated in the alpine mountains of Switzerland
and home to the World Economic Forum (WEF).
June 7th – 9th 2021 in Bled, Slovenia Detailed information can be found on EAAP2021
website.
1st Joint meeting EAAP Mountain Livestock
Farming & FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pasture ---
The Joint Meeting of EAAP Mountain Livestock Farming September 30th - October 1st 2021 in Balotesti,
Working Group & FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pasture Sub- Romania
Network “Mountains are agroecosystems for people”
has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 16th Edition of the International Symposium of
The meeting will be held from 7th to 9th June 2021 in Animal Biology and Nutrition
Bled, Slovenia. Registration at reduced fees will be 50 years of Research in Biology and Animal
possible before 30th April 2021. For more information Nutrition at IBNA
read the attached document or visit the website.
The Symposium is organised every two years by the
National Research and Development Institute for
Animal Biology and Nutrition Balotești. The event will
gathers experts and scientists in Biology and Animal
Nutritions, both European and worldwide, who will
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present their most recent research focusing on current
scientific trends. More details on Symposium and
registration can be found on the Symposium page
and in the attached flyer.
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October 21st – 22nd 2021, Paris, France
2nd Amino acid Academy Workshop
The 2nd Amino Acid Academy, organized by EAAP
and Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe will take
place on the 21st and 22nd October 2021 in Paris,
France. The location will be the Grand Amphitheatre
of the National Museum of Natural History. Stay
tuned for more information in the upcoming weeks
and save the date!
More conferences and workshops are available on
EAAP website.
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(Confucius)
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in the industry sector related to animal science and production. The Newsletter is sent to all EAAP Members and
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