Session Programme

Technical Session 8

From Measurement to Genetics: Methane Emission and Feed Efficiency

Chairs: Raffaella Finocchiaro (ANAFIBJ) and Rasmus Bak Stephansen (Arhus Univ.) │ Industria Room │ Thursday – 4 June 2026 (11.00-13.00)

Time Title Presenter(s) Abstract Presentation
11:00-11:15 Cattle Feed InTake – A system to identify cows, measure feed intake and body weight in dairy cattle under commercial settings using 3D cameras Jan Lassen
11:15-11:30 Recording methane and feed intake internationally Michael Aldridge
11:30-11:45 Heritability of feeding behaviour traits and the genetic relationships with dry matter intake in growing dairy bulls Rhiannon Handcock
11:45-12:00 International perspectives on feed intake phenotyping and feed efficiency in cattle Sarah Jo Burns
12:00-12:15 Tech comparison of methane measurements devices and alternative predictors in dairy cows Fazel Almasi
12:15-12:30 breed4green: First results from a dataset on methane emissions in commercial farms for genetic studies Kristina Linke
12:30-12:45 Building a Global Integrated Methane Data Ecosystem: Harmonizing Measurement, MIR, and Genomic Data to Accelerate Livestock Methane Mitigation Hanlu Zhang

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