European Regional Conference on Goats (ERCG 2025)
May 14-17, Tenerife, Spain
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From knowledge to progress
The regional conference of the International Goat Association (IGA) will bring together goat specialists (i.e., researchers, technicians, and farmers) all around the World. This event is a unique opportunity to share the most recent findings as well as the upcoming problems regarding goats. This conference will cover several areas of expertise related to goat production such as nutrition, product quality, health, production system, milk and meat production, welfare, and extension, among others with the general aim to use goats and goat products to improve humankind and to enhance economic profits for farmers.
Main topics of the congress:
The regional conference of the International Goat Association (IGA) will bring together goat specialists (i.e., researchers, technicians, and farmers) all around the World. This event is a unique opportunity to share the most recent findings as well as the upcoming problems regarding goats. This conference will cover several areas of expertise related to goat production such as nutrition, product quality, health, production system, milk and meat production, welfare, and extension, among others with the general aim to use goats and goat products to improve humankind and to enhance economic profits for farmers.
Main topics of the congress:
- Animal health and welfare
- Genetics and reproduction
- Nutrition and physiology
- Precision goat farming, production systems, and product quality
“FROM KNOWLEDGE TO PRO-GRESS”
Country Organizing Committee
Speakers:
Maria-Anastasia Karatzia
Precision goat farming-current opportunities and future challenges
Hellenic Agricultural Organization, Greece
Following my formal education, I completed two post-doctoral courses, on ruminant welfare and innovation in housing systems. All the while, having worked as an adjunct lecturer at Veterinary Schools, I enjoyed introducing students to animal husbandry, welfare and precision technologies. In 2017, I was appointed as a researcher at the Research Institute of Animal Science of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Demeter” in the field of Farm Animal Husbandry. Since then, I have participated in more than 35 research projects, on elected as secretary of the Commission on Precision Livestock Farming of the EAAP and participate as a member of a doctoral advisory committee on PLF technologies in transhumant goat flocks. Also, I participate as representative of Greece at the Collaborative Working Group on Sustainable Animal Production of the EU Standing Committee on Agricultural Research and as a member of the EU CAP Network Focus Group “Alternative Solutions for Livestock Product Differentiation”.
Anna Nudda
Use of agro-industrial byproducts rich in polyphenols in goat nutrition
University of Sassari, Italy
Associate professor Department of Agricultural Science, Unit of Animal Science of the University of Sassari, Italy. She teach in two bachelor courses 1) Agricultural Science and Technology and 2) Agro-Zootechnical Sciences degree course and in the Master Degree couse of Animal Production Science. From 2013 she is President of the Bachelor and Master Degree Couses.
She was for 6 years Coordinator of the Internationalization and Erasmus Committee of the Department of Agriculture of the University of Sassari; She is member of the Scientific Association of Animal Production (ASPA) in Italy and Editor of Italian Journal of Animal Science.
In 2008 and 2012 she was awarded for scientific productivity among the researchers at the University of Sassari with the best scientific productivity results in the bibliometric analysis of research performance conducted, by Research Value srl, for the period 2004-2008.
She is author of about 100 scientific and technical papers regarding the following topics: i) the quality and safety of sheep and goat production; ii) the influence of nutrition on milk quality and quantity, with special focus on small ruminants; iii) milk protein polymorphism; iv) transfer of aflatoxins from feedstuffs to milk and dairy products; v)feeding strategies to increase the nutritional quality of milk fat in sheep and goat milk and dairy products; xi) Brreding and feeding tecnique to improve the the quality of meat in beef and in small ruminant.
Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo
Livestock 5.0 and genetic advances in the future of global goat farming
University of Córdoba, Spain
Full Professor of Genetics in the Department of same name in the University of Córdoba (Spain), responsible of the pre and postgraduate teaching of the Breeding and Conservation subjects.
After a professional experience of more than 40 years, he has reach a big international recognitions, occupying important charges in institution such as Rare Breed International (President), the Iberoamerican Society for the Conservation of the Biodiversity of the Domestic Animals CONBIAND Network (President), and the Spanish Society for the Domestic Animals Genetic resources (Vice-Presidente). In the last 24 years he has been responsible of the Research Group PAIDI-AGR-218, where he founded the Spin Off Animal Breeding Consulting Ltd. 16 years ago, occupying the presidency of the Counsil of Administration till now.
In terms of diffusion of Science Prof. Delgado is Director of the Scientific Journal Archivos de Zootecnia, and belong to the editorial commissions of the Italian Journal of Animal Science IJAS, and Ruminants.
It is also important his labour in transference of Science to the sector, being director of 46 breeding programs both in genetic improvement and conservation. Also, he is Geneticist Director of the BIOMEJAN Official Germplasm Bank.
Prof. Delgado has gotten a big scientific production, being author of more than 300 refereed papers with impact index, more than 500 communications to national e international events, almost 90 invited conferences, most of them as opening sessions. Also has oriented more than 30 PhDs, and many works of end of grade or master.
He has been responsible researcher of more than 20 research projects two of them EU founded, and other two at the Iberoamerican level. Also, he is coauthors of a patent in exploitation.
Recently (2024) he obtained the Prize Galileo Galilei for his labour in Transference.
Christian Nawroth
From lab to barn – human-goat interactions and future avenues for better animal husbandry
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany
Christian Nawroth is a researcher at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf, Germany, with a focus on how animals perceive and interact with their physical and social environments. His research centers on the cognitive abilities of farm animals (such as goats, horses, pigs, and sheep) and zoo animals (including great apes and penguins), how this knowledge can ultimately be used to improve their management conditions and human-animal interactions.
After earning his PhD in Halle, Germany, in 2015, Nawroth became a research fellow at Queen Mary University of London from 2015 to 2017. From 2017 to 2021, he held postdoctoral research positions at FBN and Agroscope in Switzerland, working on a project examining the impact of domestication and selective breeding on learning and cognition in goats. Since 2022, he has been a researcher at FBN, focusing on innovative methods and technologies to assess goat cognition. He is also committed to Open Science practices and sharing research findings with the public.
- Chairman and Vice-Chairman: Dr. Maria del Rosario Fresno (ICIA) and Dr. Luis Alberto Bermejo (ULL).
- Secretary and Vice-Secretary: Dr. Sergio Álvarez (ICIA) and Dr. Ángeles Camacho (ULL).
- Treasurer: Dr. Alexandr Torres (ICIA).
- Vocals: Dr. Antonio Morales de la Nuez (ULPGC), Dr. Lorenzo E. Hernández Castellano (ULPGC), Dr. Javier Mata (ULL), Dr. Juan Luis Ramos (ULL), Atteneri Luis (FGULL), Francisco de Asís Ruiz (IFAPA) y Rafael González Martín (Cabildo de Tenerife), Yaiza Betancort (ICIA student), Manuel Betancor (ULPGC student) y Yeray Calderón (ULL student).
- Communication: Mr. Fermin Correa (ICIA) + FGULL.
- Publication: To be choose by SRR Editorial Committee.
- Sponsorships and financial support: Dr. Juan Capote (ICIA, retired).
- Technical tours: The Livestock Service (Canary Islands Government, Spain) and the Livestock Department (Tenerife local Government, Spain).
Speakers:
Maria-Anastasia Karatzia
Precision goat farming-current opportunities and future challenges
Hellenic Agricultural Organization, Greece
Following my formal education, I completed two post-doctoral courses, on ruminant welfare and innovation in housing systems. All the while, having worked as an adjunct lecturer at Veterinary Schools, I enjoyed introducing students to animal husbandry, welfare and precision technologies. In 2017, I was appointed as a researcher at the Research Institute of Animal Science of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Demeter” in the field of Farm Animal Husbandry. Since then, I have participated in more than 35 research projects, on elected as secretary of the Commission on Precision Livestock Farming of the EAAP and participate as a member of a doctoral advisory committee on PLF technologies in transhumant goat flocks. Also, I participate as representative of Greece at the Collaborative Working Group on Sustainable Animal Production of the EU Standing Committee on Agricultural Research and as a member of the EU CAP Network Focus Group “Alternative Solutions for Livestock Product Differentiation”.
Anna Nudda
Use of agro-industrial byproducts rich in polyphenols in goat nutrition
University of Sassari, Italy
Associate professor Department of Agricultural Science, Unit of Animal Science of the University of Sassari, Italy. She teach in two bachelor courses 1) Agricultural Science and Technology and 2) Agro-Zootechnical Sciences degree course and in the Master Degree couse of Animal Production Science. From 2013 she is President of the Bachelor and Master Degree Couses.
She was for 6 years Coordinator of the Internationalization and Erasmus Committee of the Department of Agriculture of the University of Sassari; She is member of the Scientific Association of Animal Production (ASPA) in Italy and Editor of Italian Journal of Animal Science.
In 2008 and 2012 she was awarded for scientific productivity among the researchers at the University of Sassari with the best scientific productivity results in the bibliometric analysis of research performance conducted, by Research Value srl, for the period 2004-2008.
She is author of about 100 scientific and technical papers regarding the following topics: i) the quality and safety of sheep and goat production; ii) the influence of nutrition on milk quality and quantity, with special focus on small ruminants; iii) milk protein polymorphism; iv) transfer of aflatoxins from feedstuffs to milk and dairy products; v)feeding strategies to increase the nutritional quality of milk fat in sheep and goat milk and dairy products; xi) Brreding and feeding tecnique to improve the the quality of meat in beef and in small ruminant.
Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo
Livestock 5.0 and genetic advances in the future of global goat farming
University of Córdoba, Spain
Full Professor of Genetics in the Department of same name in the University of Córdoba (Spain), responsible of the pre and postgraduate teaching of the Breeding and Conservation subjects.
After a professional experience of more than 40 years, he has reach a big international recognitions, occupying important charges in institution such as Rare Breed International (President), the Iberoamerican Society for the Conservation of the Biodiversity of the Domestic Animals CONBIAND Network (President), and the Spanish Society for the Domestic Animals Genetic resources (Vice-Presidente). In the last 24 years he has been responsible of the Research Group PAIDI-AGR-218, where he founded the Spin Off Animal Breeding Consulting Ltd. 16 years ago, occupying the presidency of the Counsil of Administration till now.
In terms of diffusion of Science Prof. Delgado is Director of the Scientific Journal Archivos de Zootecnia, and belong to the editorial commissions of the Italian Journal of Animal Science IJAS, and Ruminants.
It is also important his labour in transference of Science to the sector, being director of 46 breeding programs both in genetic improvement and conservation. Also, he is Geneticist Director of the BIOMEJAN Official Germplasm Bank.
Prof. Delgado has gotten a big scientific production, being author of more than 300 refereed papers with impact index, more than 500 communications to national e international events, almost 90 invited conferences, most of them as opening sessions. Also has oriented more than 30 PhDs, and many works of end of grade or master.
He has been responsible researcher of more than 20 research projects two of them EU founded, and other two at the Iberoamerican level. Also, he is coauthors of a patent in exploitation.
Recently (2024) he obtained the Prize Galileo Galilei for his labour in Transference.
Christian Nawroth
From lab to barn – human-goat interactions and future avenues for better animal husbandry
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany
Christian Nawroth is a researcher at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf, Germany, with a focus on how animals perceive and interact with their physical and social environments. His research centers on the cognitive abilities of farm animals (such as goats, horses, pigs, and sheep) and zoo animals (including great apes and penguins), how this knowledge can ultimately be used to improve their management conditions and human-animal interactions.
After earning his PhD in Halle, Germany, in 2015, Nawroth became a research fellow at Queen Mary University of London from 2015 to 2017. From 2017 to 2021, he held postdoctoral research positions at FBN and Agroscope in Switzerland, working on a project examining the impact of domestication and selective breeding on learning and cognition in goats. Since 2022, he has been a researcher at FBN, focusing on innovative methods and technologies to assess goat cognition. He is also committed to Open Science practices and sharing research findings with the public.
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