Collaborations
This is a discussion network similar to AGDG, but in Spanish. It was created to enhance communication among animal geneticists from Spain and Latin America, who are sometimes reluctant to discuss in English and may have different topics of interest from those covered by AGDG. Among their members we can also find researchers from the United States and Australia, and no particular requirement is demanded from the participants other than use of the Spanish language.
Acteon has a website which provides access to the full texts of contributions to the Spanish conferences on animal breeding, both those related to the Jornadas de Producción Animal and to the Reuniones de Mejora Genética Animal.
ACTEON also provides information related with those meetings whenever they take place. It also provides public software on genetic issues and disseminates information on courses, masters, conferences, seminars and in general all kinds of academic initiatives, provided that the organisers supply the corresponding information to be published in the website.
Finally, ACTEON has a particular section for the exchange of any papers the members of the network consider interesting and which may be difficult to find.
World Rabbit Science is the official journal of the World Rabbit Science Association (WRSA). One of the main objectives of WRSA is to promote communication and collaboration among researchers and organisations covering different scientific and technological aspects of rabbit production. Main topics of this journal are breeding, genetics, production, management, environment, health, nutrition, physiology, reproduction, behaviour, welfare, immunology, molecular biology, metabolism, processing and products.
World Rabbit Science is the only international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to rabbits that is included in the ISI Thomson list. All research which is published in World Rabbit Science must be original and not have been published in any other scientific journal. The policy of this journal is to promote open access knowledge for rabbit science, so there are no fees for authors and access to the contents is completely free.
The impact of our research focuses on the livestock sector within the region of Valencia. We cooperate with the industry through knowledge transfer and training courses. Our collaboration with the regional government enables us to cooperate with livestock farms and enterprises within our geographical area, enhancing basic and applied research.
LICOVAL Laboratory
The milk analysis laboratory of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (LICOVAL), located in the ICTA, performs the functions of an Interprofessional Dairy Laboratory in the area of the Valencian Community. This activity is covered by the agreement that has existed between the UPV and the Interprofessional Dairy Association of the Valencian Community since 2000, an association formed by representatives of the industrial sector and the cow, goat and sheep milk producing sector.
The laboratory has been accredited since 2012 by ENAC (964/LE1755) to carry out analyzes of cow, goat and sheep milk. The accredited tests are the physical chemical composition of milk (fat, protein, lactose and dry lean matter), the somatic cell count, the germ count, the detection of growth inhibitors and the cryoscopic point. Urea and other parameters are also analyzed (presence of colostrum, milk mixtures, physical-chemical analysis of cream, yogurt or kefir, etc.).
Based on the results of these samples, the industries establish the price of milk to pay the farmers, so all the analytical results obtained are sent daily to both the industry and the farmers themselves.
The laboratory has been, since 2012, the Official Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. It also carries out advisory and training activities for farmers and industrialists in all aspects related to the quality of raw milk and the process of taking and transporting milk samples. In order to carry out the aforementioned functions, LICOVAL has qualified personnel and automatic equipment necessary for the analysis of the approximately 80,000 milk samples per year.