Regione Siciliana- Assessorato Agricoltura e Foreste

Università degli Studi di Messina

Provincia Regionale di Messina

Consorzio di Ricerca Filiera Carni

Ente Parco dei Nebrodi

Istituto Sperimentale Zootecnico per la Sicilia

Università degli Studi di Bologna

“6^th International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig”

Capo D’orlando (ME), Italy, october 11 – 13, 2007 

PROGRAMME

Thursday 11th October

Morning (Capo d’Orlando)

8:00 Registration

8:45 Symposium Opening

9:00 Session 1 – Improvement and management of the genetic resources 

- An analysis of the European pig diversity using genetic markers. Ollivier L.( INRA/SGQA-France)

9:30 Evidence of introgression of foreign pig breeds into the Manchado de Jabugo population

         Ana Isabel Fernández, Cristina Ovilo, Estefania Alves, Luis Silió (Spain)

9:45 Genetic Characterisation of Celtic-Iberian Pig Breeds Using Microsatellites

Luis J. Royo, Isabel Álvarez, Iván Fernández, Lucía Pérez-Pardal, Antón Álvarez-Sevilla, João Santos e Silva, Raquel Godinho, Nuno Ferrand, Félix Goyache (Portugal)

10:00 Pedigree analysis of Cinta Senese breed

Crovetti Alessandro, Bozzi Riccardo, Nardi Lisa, Gallo Maurizio, Buttazzoni Luca, Franci Oreste (Italy)

10:15 SNPs and microsatellite markers analysis for genetic diversity study in Italian pig breeds

Davoli Roberta, Zambonelli Paolo, San-Cristobal Magali, Scotti Emilio, Fontanesi Luca, Colombo Michela, Dall'Olio Stefania, Braglia Silvia, Russo Vincenzo (Italy)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Session 2 – Sanitary approaches in the farming systems

- Pig parasites: a short italian history. Poglayen G., Giannetto S., Scala A., Manfredi M.T., Rinaldi L., Marchesi B. (University of Bologna – Italy)

11:30 Suitable approach to health management in an outdoor pig farm. Case study on umbrian Appenine

         M. Sensi, L. Moscati, S. Costarelli, C. Mariotti, L. Battistacci (Italy)

11:45 Trichinellosis and extensive farming system: an eco-epidemiological approach of the sanitary situation in insular area of Corsica

         Richomme Céline, Casabianca François, Maestrini Oscar and Boireau Pascal (France)

12:00  Brucellosis, Trichinellosis and Leptospirosis in free-ranging pigs in Sicily and in Sardinia:

         a review

Di Marco Vincenzo¹, Pozio Edoardo, Vitale Maria¹, Vesco Gesualdo¹, Marianelli Cinzia³, Ennio Bandino, Firinu Antonino (Italy)

12:15  A review of the parasites found in Sicilian Black pig

         Brianti Emanuele, Gaglio Gabriella, Ferlazzo Maria, Abbene Salvatore, Poglayen

         Giovanni, Giannetto Salvatore (Italy)

12:30 Lunch

14:30 Departure from Capo d’Orlando to Messina

Afternoon (Messina)

16:00 Opening Cerimony

17:00 Conference on the “Suino Nero Siciliano (Nero Siciliano pig)”

- Role of National Focal Point FAOItaly. Matassino D. (ConSDABI-Italy)

- Role of Italian native breeds Register. Gallo M., Buttazzoni L. (ANAS-Italy)

- Nero Siciliano pig. Chiofalo L. (University of Messina, Italy)

19:00 Welcome cocktail

Evening dinner (Messina)

Friday 12th October

Morning (Capo d’Orlando)

9:00 Session 3 – Feeding and rearing systems

- Effects of feeding and rearing systems on growth, carcass traits and meat quality in pigs. Lebret B. (INRA/UMR-France)

9:30 Factors that influence productivity in Iberian pigs reared under intensive management systems

M.P. Serrano, D.G. Valencia, M.A. Latorre, A. Fuentetaja, M. Nieto, R. Lázaro and G.G. Mateos (Spain)

9:45 Mallorcan Black Pig Production System: Management and performances in extensive conditions

J. Jaume, A. Rigo, E. Fabrega , J. Tibau (Spain)

10:00 Alpha-Tocopherol Content On The Semimembranosus Muscle Of Alentejano Pigs Reared In Intensive And Extensive Conditions

J. Neves, A Freitas, J. Martins, J. Nunes (Portugal)

10:15 The "Cinta senese" breeding system: production system, breeding strategies and perspectives  of valorisation

         Maurizio Bonanzinga, Francesca Cappè Giacomo Nardi (Italy)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Session 4 – Quality of meat and meat products

New methods to assess the quality of Mediterranean dry-cured meat products.  Arnau, J., Gou, P., and Picouet, P. (IRTA- Spain).

11:30 The Role of Curing Agents in Flavour Development During the Processing of Dry Fermented Sausages

         Mónica Flores, Aurora Marco and José Luis Navarro (Spain)

11:45 An attempt to predict meat drip loss by means of artificial neural networks

         Maja Prevolnik, Marjeta Candek-Potokar, Marjana Novik, Dejan Škorjanc (Slovenia)

12:00 Muscle Fiber Characteristics of Black Slavonian Pig - Autochthonous Croatian Breed

         Kresimir Salajpal, Danijel Karolyi, Vesna Kantura, Srebrenka Nejedli, Marija Dikic (Croatia)

12:15 Effect of reducing salt process and pig genotype on weight losses of dry cured ham after the salting and resting periods

          Robert Nathalie, Evans Gary, Dutertre Christophe, Mottais David, Diestre Alejandro and Santé-Lhoutellier Véronique (France – Spain)

12:30 Lunch

14:30 Session 5–Quality Assurance and Traceability for Typical Meat Products

Near Infrared Spectroscopy sensors for quality assurance and traceability of typical pork meat products: The Iberian pig, a study case. Garrido-Varo A. (University of Cordoba-Spain)

15:00  Establishing and Validating an Effective RFID Based Traceability System for Traditional Pork Meat Products: Prosciutto di Norcia IGP.

          Fulvio Biancifiori, Marco Sensi, Flavio Ferretti (Italy)

15:15 How to combine simple measures and sophisticated analysis for typicality assessment: The case of PDO project in Corsica

         Maestrini O., Poggi M. and Casabianca F. (France)

15:30 Study of typical hams using NIR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics

  Juan Antonio Fernández Pierna, Vincent Baeten, Felix Rwagasore, Georges Sinnaeve & Pierre Dardenne  (Belgium - Spain)

15:45Using nir spectral data and multivariate models for Iberian pig carcasses grading

          E.J. De Pedro Sanz, N. Núñez, A. Garrido Varo, J. García Olmo, M. D. Pérez Marín, V. M. Fernández Cabanás, and D. Aparicio Oliver (Spain)

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Session 6 -Socio-economical dynamics for Typical Meat Products

Consumer Behaviour: the decision making process relating to meat on Mediterranean context.

Maria Raquel Ventura-Lucas (University of Evora –Portugal)

17:00 Dynamic and Socio-Economical Valorisation of the Local Celtic Pig Breeds.

João Santos e Silva, António Vicente, Carla Alves, Pedro Fernandes, José A. Carril, Antón Alvarez-Sevilla, Leonardo Fernandez6, Isabel Álvarez6, Felix Goyache, Mariano Gómez, Herveline Lenoir (Portugal)

17:15 Purchasing Behaviour of French and Spanish Consumers' Towards Dry-Cured Ham

         Georges Giraud, Luis-Miguel Albisu (France - Spain)

17:30  Consumer attitudes towards dry-cured iberian ham of Protected Designation of Origin Guijuelo

         Begoña Rubio, Beatriz Martínez, Cristina Molinero, Mª Dolores García-Cachán (Spain)

17:45  Pig Farming styles in Corsica. Approach of the Diversity in farmers' Logics

         Monica A.M.Commandeur, François Casabianca (France)

18:00 Closure of the Symposium

20:00 Evening dinner (Capo d’Orlando)

Saturday 13th October

09:00 Technical tours

12:30 Lunch

With the support of:

·         Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali - MIPAAF

·         Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini – ANAS

·         Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia - IZS

·         Associazione Regionale Allevatori della Sicilia - ARAS

·         Associazione Scientifica di Produzione Animale - ASPA

·         European Association for Animal production - EAAP

·         Consorzio di tutela del suino Nero dei Nebrodi

·         Pandittaino