Session Programme

Technical Session 12

Part 1: From Guidelines to the Barn: Implementing section 2 of ICAR’s Milk Recording Guidelines – Updates and Lessons from the Field

Part 2: Buffalo DHI recording

Chairs: Miel Hostens (Cornell Univ.) and Angela Salzano (Univ. of Naples Federico II) │ Industria Room │ Thursday – 4 June 2026 (14.00-16.00)

Time Title Presenter(s) Abstract Presentation
14:00-14:15 A flexible non‑parametric approach to assessing dairy cow performance Ivo Lagarde
14:15-14:30 BWYPEX: A unified Python implementation of standardized 305 day yield calculation methods Meike Beatrijs Van Leerdam
14:30-14:45 Opportunities and challenges in accurate milk recording on farm in the United States Asha Miles
14:45-15:00 The Genetic Transformation of the Italian Mediterranean Buffalo: Five Years of Progress and New Frontiers Mayra Gomez
15:00.15:15 Bayesian Modeling of Lactation Curves in Italian Mediterranean Buffalo Using the MilkBot Equation Lucia Trapanese
15:15-15:30 Analyzing milk recordings to support better decision‑making through AI: a case study in Italian Mediterranean Buffalo Martina Di Bratto
15:30-15:45 Evaluating the Robustness of Cumulative Milk Yield Estimation Methods under Limited Test-Day Availability in Italian Mediterranean Buffalo Lucia Trapanese
15:45-16:00 Phenotypic variation of milk antioxidant activity in Italian Mediterranean buffaloes Matteo Santinello

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