Plenary Presentations

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Pasture-based dairying for consumer needs
Donagh Berry
Teagasc, VistaMilk 
Making the most of the nourishment in milk
John Newbold
​SRUC
Scottish dairy industry, a Vision for 2030
Paul Grant
Chair, Dairy Growth Board
Drivers and future trends for dairy processing
Alan Kelly
University College, Cork
Products for local and global consumers
Anna Talach and Lea Brader
Arla Foods
​Reassuring the questioning consumer – Dairy’s challenge or opportunity?
​Zoë Kavanagh
National Dairy Council

HDRF Small Project Grant Oral Abstracts

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​Exploring testing strategies for failure of passive transfer (FPT) in Scottish dairy calves 
Ali Haggerty, Colin Mason, Kathryn Ellisand Katie Denholm
University of Glasgow and SRUC, UK
PRESENTATION
Building and testing a rumen function sensor, RUFUS
Craig Michie and Andreia Castro-Costa
Strathclyde University, UK
PRESENTATION
Developing dairy-specific molecular screening tools to quantify the within-herd dynamics of antimicrobial resistance
Jolinda Pollock, Nadejda Lupolova, Fiona Burns, David L. Gally, Alexander Corbishley, Adrian Muwonge and Michael R Hutchings
Roslin Institute and SRUC, UK
PRESENTATION 
Development of a LAMP based assay to identify bacterial species causing clinical mastitis in cattle
Riccardo Tassi, Carol Currie & Nuno Silva
Moredun Institute, UK
PRESENTATION

Free Communication Oral Abstracts

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Cow and calf together – a possibility for modern dairy farming?
Sigrid Agenäs
SLU, Sweden
​PRESENTATION
An evaluation of the Scottish dairy industry by stakeholders provides a basis for future growth
Holly J Ferguson, Paul R Hargreaves and Margaret D March
SRUC, UK
​PRESENTATION
Milk production from sheep in European Union countries, with special reference to Greece
George C Fthenakis, Natalia GC Vasileiou, Daphne T Lianou, Charalambia K Michael and Vasia S Mavrogianni
University of Thessali, Greece
​PRESENTATION
A review of the causes of mortality of pre-weaned dairy calves
Katrina Henderson and Megan Fergusson
SRUC, UK
PRESENTATION
Evaluation and comparison of two point-of-care tests to support treatment decisions in non-severe bovine clinical mastitis
Francisco B Malcata, Lorenzo Viora, P Theo Pepler and Ruth N Zadoks
Universities of Glasgow, UK and Sydney, Australia
​PRESENTATION

Free Communication Poster Abstracts

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Natural content of phytosterols and α-tocopherol in milk and traditional cheeses from grazing sheep
Iolanda Altomonte, Federica Salari, Rosario Licitra and Mina Martini
University of Pisa, Italy 
Impact of lactation number, reproduction status and milk yield on inline progesterone concentration
Ramūnas Antanaitis, Dovilė Malašauskienė and Mindaugas Televičius
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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Nutritional protection against obesity
Andreas F Kolb and Linda Petrie
Rowett Institute, UK
Association of vaccination with a biofilm-embedded bacteria-based vaccine against staphylococcal mastitis in sheep with lower somatic cell counts in bulk milk and lower frequency of biofilm-forming staphylococci in milking-machine clusters
Daphne T Lianou, Charalambia K Michael, Natalia GC Vasileiou, Dimitris C Chatzopoulos, Vasia S Mavrogianni, Angeliki I Katsafadou and George C Fthenakis
University of Thessaly, Greece
Mineral composition of donkey milk during the first ten days of lactation
Rosario Licitra, Federica Salari, Iolanda Altomonte and Mina Martini
University of Pisa, Italy