Challenges and benefits of health data recording in the context of food chain quality, management and breeding

The whole issue containing the Proceedings is available here, while the single manuscripts that compose the Proceedings are listed hereby

• Introduction
• Summary and main outcomes
• Future challenges concerning animal breeding and health
  S. Pavón
• The use of health data: perspective of a Ministry
  M. Putz
• Presentation of Danish system of registration and use of health data (registration, database, data security, herd health contracts,…)
  J. Frandsen
• Vetstat – Monitoring usage of antimicrobials in animals
  N. Dupont and H. Stege
• More than years of health recording in Norway
  B. Heringstad and O. Østerås
• Challenges of health data recording – an Australian perspective
  J.E. Pryce, M. Blake, K. E. Davis and D.S. Beggs
• Use of automated systems for recording of direct and indirect data with special emphasis on the use of MIR milk spectra (OptiMIR project)
  N. Gengler, D.P. Berry and C. Bastin
• Use of health data for research
  M.-H. Pinard-van der Laan
• Standardization of health data. ICAR guidelines including health key
  K.F. Stock, J. Cole, J. Pryce, N. Gengler, A. Bradley, L. Andrews, B. Heringstad and C. Egger-Danner
• Health data recording in Finland
  J. Kyntäjä
• Challenges and opportunities for farmer-recorded data in health and welfare selection
  C. Maltecca, K.L. Parker Gaddis, J. Clay and J.B. Cole
• MediRund: Example of database and data exchange for health data used by farmers and veterinarians in the Netherlands
  B. van ‘t Land
• Validation of the Nordic disease databases
  U. Emanuelson
• Comparison of different methods to validate a dataset with producer-recorded health events
  F. Miglior, A. Koeck, D. F. Kelton and F. S. Schenkel
• Aspects of validation and data quality based on veterinarian diagnoses
  C. Egger-Danner, W. Obritzhauser, C. Fuerst, B. Grassauer, K. Zottl , K. Fuchs and B. Fuerst-Waltl
• Validation, use and interpretation of health data: an epidemiologist’s perspective
  D.F. Kelton and K. Hand
• The value of health data from dairy farmers in the United States
  J.S. Clay, K.L. Parker Gaddis and C. Maltecca
• Benefits of recording of diagnostic data. A veterinarian perspective
  W. Obritzhauser, C. Egger-Danner, K. Fuchs, I. Kopacka, B. Grassauer and B. Fuerst- Waltl
• Benchmarking for health from the perspective of consultants
  A.J. Bradley, J.E. Breen, C.D. Hudson and M.J. Green
• Genomic evaluation of health traits in dairy cattle
  J. Cole, K.L. Parker Gaddis, J.S. Clay and C. Maltecca
• Roundtable with representatives from the different stakeholders and open discussion  – Challenges and Benefits of Health Data Recording in the Context of Food Chain Quality, Management, and Breeding – Perspectives of different stakeholders