Scientific Programme
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Monday 23rd |
08.00-09.00 Registration Session I -Policies, Economics and Social Aspects 09.30-10.00 Keynote Speaker - Prof G. Giraud, AgroSup Dijon, France 10.00-10.15 Donkey milk and dairy donkey farming in Mediterranean Countries: current situation, challenges and prospects 10.15-10.30 Do we need Somatic Cell Counts (SCC) thresholds in the small ruminants Dairy Industry and if so, What are these thresholds? 10.30-10.45 Precise and intensive Dairy Sheep farming for maximal production and income under the Israeli limited resources of land, water and labour 10.45-11.00 The Cyprus sheep and goat sector: Results from the DoMEsTIc project on economics, policies and social aspects 11.00-11.15 - Q/A 11.15-11.45 - Coffee and Poster viewing 11.45-12.00 The Sheepherders' School as Innovative Initiative to potentiate the Ovine Sector: the example of the Basque Country 12.00-12.15 Sheep and Goat milk quality in Cyprus: the official control’s perspective 12.15-12.30
Greenhouse gas emissions of Italian sheep 12.30-12.40
World Wide Traditional Cheese Association (WwTCa) 12.40-13.00 - QA / Closing of Session I 13.00-14.00 - Lunch and poster viewing Session II - Product Characteristics and Potential Health Impact 14.00-14.30 Keynote Speaker - Dr. A. Clemente, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (CSIC), Spain 14.30-14.45 The fatty acid profile and organoleptic characteristics of Halloumi cheese produced from ewe’s milk fed with ensiled olive cake 14.45-15.00 Lactic Acid Bacteria isolated from raw donkey milk: biodiversity, technological characteristics and probiotic potential 15.00-15.15 Differences in the biodiversity of lactic acid bacteria between an industrial-type and artisan-type Greek PDO Galotyri cheese 15.15-15.30 Goat milk fatty acids: consequences of a transition from dry to grass based diet according to the αs1 casein phenotype, the IPHIGENIE project 15.30-16.00 - Q/A 16.00-16.30 - Coffee and poster viewing 16.30-16.45 Biodiversity of bacterial and fungal microbiota in Turkish Divle Cave cheese 16.45-17.00 Changes in the composition of total fatty acids, tocopherols and retinoids, and cholesterol concentration in milk from rapeseed oilcake feeding sheeps 17.00-17.15 Ripening of white cheese in large-capacity brine tanks 17.15-17.30 Microbiota dynamics and lactic acid bacteria biodiversity in raw goat milk cheeses 17.30-18.00 - QA / Closing of Session II 19:00-20.00 - Welcome Reception |
Tuesday 24th |
Session III - Safety, Quality and Analysis 09.00-09.30 Keynote Speaker - Dr. Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece 09.30-09.45 Authenticity of dairy products from mountain grazing sheep 09.45-10.00 Comparison of the microbial quality of organic and conventional raw milk 10.00-10.15 Application of Capillary electrophoresis to the characterisation of major camel milk proteins 10.15-10.45 - Q/A - Closing of Session III 10.45-11.15 - Coffee and poster viewing Session IV - Novel Products and Emerging Processing Technologies 11.15-11.45 Keynote Speaker - Dr. T. Huppertz , NIZO Food Research, Netherlands 11.45-12.15 Keynote Speaker - Dr. B. Malmgren - Tetra Pak, Sweden 12.15-12.30 Improving the heat stability of goat milk 12.30-12.45 Goat’s milk based milk powder, WPC and infant formulas contain high levels of naturally-occurring nucleotides 12.45-13.00 - Q/A - Closing of Session IV 13.00-14.00 - Lunch and Poster viewing Session V - Milk Production Strategies 14.00-14.30 Keynote Speaker - Prof A. Cannas, University of Sassari, Italy 14.30-14.45 On-farm welfare assessment protocol for adult female dairy goats in intensive husbandry systems 14.45-15.00 Milk production and quality of dairy goat production systems in Greece 15.00-15.15 Dietary and breed effects on goat milk attributes 15.15-15.30 Interactions between the animal, the milking machine and the milker: contributions of milking time tests in small ruminants 15.30-15.45 - Q/A 15.45-16.15 - Coffee and poster viewing DAMASCUS GOAT MEETING 16.30-16.45 Cross breeding grazing Baladi and Damascus with Alpine goats: from conception to the end of first lactation 16.45-17.00 Analysis and Definition of the Genetic Improvement Objectives and Programs in the Damascus Goat in Cyprus 17.00-17.15 Alternative to anthelmintic chemical drugs in dairy goats: a lesson from Mediterranean Arab ethno-veterinary tradition 17.15-17.30 Damascus and Baladi goats’ behaviors differ in tannin-rich Mediterranean shrubland and woodland. 17.30-18.30 - Q/A - Closing of the Conference / Conclusions 19.30-22.30 - Conference Dinner |
Wednesday 25th |
Technical tour Limassol - Larnaca |
The scientific programme is subject to minor changes.