During the last EAAP Annual Meeting (Florence, Italy, September 1st-5th, 2024), each EAAP Study Commission evaluated posters and presentations given by researchers who attended the congress. EAAP is now pleased to announce the list of winners for “Best Oral Presentations and Best Posters” awards.

HEALTH AND WELFARE

Best Theater Presentation:
Assessment of welfare of dromedary camels kept under pastoralism in Pakistan.
B. Padalino, A. Faraz, N. A. Tauqir, A. Waheed, A. R. Abbasi, N. Masebo, L. Menchetti

Best Poster:
Could a low input/low output forage-based system be the solution for future organic dairy
production? An exploration of the concept of a LILO production system.
A. Hägglund, K. Alvasen, N. Fall, R. Danielsson, P. Tidaker

NUTRITION

Best Theater Presentation:
Effect of sire type and a by-products based diet on performance and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs.
E. Kowalski, M. Aluwé, S. Janssens, N. Buys, S. De Smet, S. Millet

Best Poster:
How much of the between-cow variation in enteric methane production can performance and digestibility measures explain.
G. Giagnoni, W. Wang, M. Maigaard, M. Johansen, P. Lund, M. Riis Weisbjerg

LIVESTOCK FARMING SYSTEM

Best Theater Presentation:
Organic pig farming: from feeding strategy to meat organoleptic quality.
C. Van Baelen, E. Vossen, L. Montagne, A. Prunier, S. De Smet, B. Lebret

Best Poster:
Exploring greenhouse gas emissions in sub-Saharan Africa: Are camals a neglected source?
L. Lanzoni, J. Otte, D. Wisser, G. Tempio, G. Cinardi

INSECTS

Best Theater Presentation:
Black soldier fly oil in the diet of dairy cows: effects on fatty acids of rumen digesta.
P. G.Toral, L. Rastello, G. Hervás, L. Gasco, M. Gerbelle, M. Coppa, C. Lussiana, A. Galli, C. Guidou, C. Trespeuch, P. Frutos, M. Renna

Best Poster:
Agronomic potential of BSF frass in the cultivation of ryegrass using distinct soils.
I. Rehan, I. Lopes, D. Murta, F. Lidon, P. Fareleira, C. Esteves, O. Moreira, R. Menino

CATTLE

Best Theater Presentation:
Longitudinal retrospective study of intake recovery and growth in unweaned dairy beef calves subjected to fasting, transport, and entire commercialization at farm arrival.
S. Marti, L. Pisoni, M. Blanch, A. Bassols, Y. Saco, J. Pujols, M. Devant

Best Poster:
Enriching colostrum IgG concentration by ultrafiltration has no negative effects on in vitro cell viability and wound healing capacity.
T. Jarltoft, S. Purup, M. Vestergaard, Y. Yue

PHYSIOLOGY

Best Theater Presentation:
The Stressogenic Effect of Bacteria Secretome is Modulated by the Size of the Milk Fat Glouble Used as a Substrate.
Noam Tzirkel Hancock

Best Poster:
Reduced α-diversity of bacteria in refrigerated compared to non-refrigerated colostrum from primi and multiparous dairy cows.
S. Scully, P. Smith, B. Earley, M. McCabe, C. McAloon, D. Kenny, S. Waters

HORSE

Best Theater Presentation:
Does the dominance hierarchy in a large group of horses influence locomotor activity and area utilization?
G. Weidling, J. Krieter, R. Lübben, I. Czycholl

Best Poster:
Genetic relationship between Neck and Conformational Limb defects in Pura Raza Española Horses for Improved Breeding and Performance Management.
M. Ripollés-Lobo, D. I. Perdomo-González, M. Ligero, M. J. Sánchez-Guerrero, M. Valera

PLF

Best Theater Presentation:
Automated real-time activity monitoring in infectious disease experiments with various livestock species.
H. P. Doekes, R. de Jong, I. Adriaens, N. Stockhofe-Zurwieden

Best Poster:
Genetic relatedness impact on social behavior in dairy cows within Automated Milking Systems.
R R. Moretti, E. Ponzo, L. Ozella, S. C Chessa, F. Masia, E. Vrieze, P. Sacchi

PIG

Best Theater Presentation:
None

Best Poster:
None

GENETIC

Best Theater Presentation:
Inertial measurement unit technology for gait detection: a comprehensive evaluation of gait traits in two Italian horse breeds.
V. Asti, A. Sabbioni, M. Vasini, M. Ablondi

Best Poster:
Twin birth rate in German Holsteins: related to increased milk yield and fertility leve.
L. Hüneke, C. Schmidtmann, H. Alkhoder, D. Segelke, J. Heise, S. Rensing, G. Thaller

SHEEP AND GOAT

Best Theater Presentation:
From Wild to Tamed and Back: demographic reconstruction of Sardinian sheep from whole-genome sequences.
V. Floridia, M. Dehasque , P. Morell Miranda, P. Mereu, M. Pirastru, N. Columbano, S. Naitana, G. G. Leoni, T. Günther, M. Barbato

Best Poster:
Benefit of including female genotypes in the reference population of Lacaune dairy sheep.
B. De Laet, P. Arsac, J. Raoul