Session Programme

Technical Session 7

Milk Recording in a Technology World: Providing Value Added Services and Data Exchange solutions for Farms with Robots and Sensors

Chair: Jean-Michel Astruc (IDELE) │ Industria Room │ Thursday – 3 June 2026 (h. 14.00-16.00)

Time Title Presenter(s) Abstract Presentation
14:00-14:15 Assessing the adoption of genomic tools in sheep and goat breeding: patterns, challenges, and perspectives Sotero Salaris
14:15-14:30 Towards ICAR Guidelines on conformation traits in dairy sheep recording Marija Spehar
14:30-14:45 How ICAR can help in fostering cooperation across country in breeding programs: the case of the Latxa and Manech dairy sheep breeds Jean-Michel Astruc
14:45-15:00 International collaboration for multinational evaluations in sheep Michael Aldridge
15:00.15:15 Accelerating Digitalisation in the Dairy Goat and Sheep Sector through an Integrated ICAR ADE-Based Management Platform Tineke Ammerlaan-Sieperda
15:15-15:30 Mid-infrared spectroscopy adapted to sheep milk for flock management, performance recording and milk processing Gelé Marine
15:30-15:45 Standardization of goat milk MIR spectra and fatty acid prediction equations Marion Calmels
15:45-16:00 Artificial neural networks outperform partial least squares models for fatty acids estimation using FT-MIR spectrometry on bovine milk: a first step towards transfer learning on small ruminants Elisabeth Cabaraux
16:00-16:15 Portable NIRS spectrometer for field diagnosis of anemia in sheep infected with Haemonchus contortus Ana Carolina Chagas
16:15-16:30 Goat colostrum immunological quality: on-farm evaluation Maddalena Zucali

Abstracts and Presentations will be added before and after the conference.