IGA Japan Newsletter, June 2020

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Issue 13, June 2020

IGA Japan

Greetings from New Chairman of the Japanese Society of Goat Science
The 21st Japanese Society of Goat Science (JSGS) Meeting on Goat Production and Management was about to be canceled due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, thanks to the passion anddedication of organizers to make it happen, this annual meeting washeld as a web-based meeting on March 25, 2020. All the changes fromordinal face to face meetings to virtual meetings had to happen veryquickly. We would like to thank all the members who participated.
At present, Japanese agricultural policy and social situations are facing
major changes. There is an emerging sense of crisis in the direction thathas been pursued only for efficiency. Instead, maintaining and revitalizing forgotten mountainous areas have become a major issue. Moreover, the desire for agricultural education and healing people in urban areas has been also increased.
Consequently, the use of goats is once again receiving attention.
Under these circumstances, the Japan Goat Network has established a working group to discuss theideal way of the JSGS. Rather than being just a research group that conducts ‘research for research,’
we would like to hear the direct voices from producers, consumers, distributors, etc. for their needs.
We want to reflect these in research issues, and focus more on solving the problems and satisfying
the needs. We are exploring and considering our way where many members can participate.
At the 2019 Japan Goat Summit in Yamanashi, the JSGS held three roundtables entitled “Goat Feeding Management,” “Goat Product Utilization,” and “Goat Regional Promotion/Educational Utilization,” where we had an exact opportunity to hear the direct needs from all the attendance. We listened to many voices that eager to know science-based knowledge on breeding and management
rather than experiences- and intuition-based knowledge.
Besides, the JSGS did not publish the research journal in the past, but now, to ensure that the research findings and information are in your hands, we are working to publish the academic Journal ofJSGS1. The JSGS journal will have the role of ‘academic journal’ that presenting research and practicalfindings from members, as well as the role of ‘goat magazine’ that obtaining and providing useful information. We are inviting research reports and information from various fields.
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第13回ヤギ国際会議は、2021年10月3-8日に延期になりました（ICG2020ウエブサイト：https://www.icg2020.org/）
第13回ICG（ハンガリー、エゲル）は2020年9月に開催の予定でしたが、3月現在のCOVID-19の世界的蔓延により、たとえ数か月先であっても大規模な集まりの計画は大きな危険を伴うと判断しました。IGA理事会は、感染症の危険性と拡散防止の必要性を十分認識し、参加者を不必要な危険にさらすことのないよう、この会議を延期することに決定しました。
COVID-19パンデミックを受け、IGAファミリー皆様の健康と安全を真摯に願います。世界中の感染した方々、日常生活に被害を受けた方々に心よりお見舞いを申し上げるとともに、感染拡大防止に取り組む専門家、家族、友人を応援しています。私たちはできる限り専門的にそして個人的にお互いをサポートする必要があります。そして、この悲劇をこれ以上広げないために、科学が公共政策に情報を提供する未来を期待しています。
私たち、私たちの家族および同僚がこの現状に耐えることを祈念し、来年ハンガリーでお会いしましょう。

Stay home. Stay safe. Save lives.
*日程変更に伴い、講演要旨の締切は2021年4月1日へ、参加申し込み期限（早期割引）は2021年5月31日に変更になりました。詳しくは上記のウエブサイトをご参照ください。

2nd Asian Regional Conference on Goats (ARCG2019)への参加について
2019年10月20日から23日にかけて、ネパール、チトワンのネパール農林大学獣医学部動物科学部で第2回アジア地域ヤギ会議（ARCG 2019）が開催されました。
2018年にインド、ジャイプールで開催されたアジア地域ヤギ会議に続くものとなり、「発展途上国における食料、栄養、経済安全保障のためのヤギ」をテーマに、世界中のヤギ研究開発分野で生み出された知識と技術を共有するため、研究者や開発団体等が一堂に会しました。
日本からは名城大学農学部の林義明氏が参加し、「Differentprofiles of goat and cattle manure derived from the same
feeding condition (Yoshiaki Hayashi and Haruyuki Sangawa)（同様の飼料給与によるヤギとウシの排泄物由来堆肥の相違）」のタイトルで口頭発表を行い、参加者と意見交換を行いました。
また、同会議開催中にはIGAの理事会が開催され、日本からはWeb上において塚原洋子理事が参加、林氏はオブザーバーとして参加しました。

名城大学農学研究科 准教授 林 義明

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The JSGS, which is under the umbrella of the Japan Goat Network, is a wheel that turns the Network
together with the Japan Goat Summit and is an organization that promotes your opinions forward asfuel.
I hope that the JSGS will contribute to the happiness of human beings by collaborating not limiting inJapan but also internationally with the keyword of GOATS.
We appreciate your continuous support.
Shogo Shinde2
Chairman, Japan Society of Goat Science
1Research journal of JSGS will be published in FY2019, which focused on presentations at theJSGS. In the future, it is expected to become a research journal that gives you scientific answers to the problems encountered by producers and goat raisers as a source of not only research articles and case studies but also useful information related to goats.
2Dr. Shogo Shinde, Head of the Livestock Production Technology ResearchDivision, Hiroshima
Prefectural Institute of Technology, serves also as the vise president of the Japan Goat Network. He was selected as the chair of the JSGS in early 2020.

The 21st Meeting of the Japan Society of Goat Science
The 21st Annual Meeting of the JSGS, the Research Committee of the Japan Goat Network was held on March 25, 2020. This meeting was originally scheduled to be held atKyoto University but was held virtually due tothe widespread of COVID-19. The meetingstarted with greetings by the former chairman Dr. Naoshige Abe and the new chairman Dr. Shogo Shinde, followed by 9 presentations and case studies with 32 participants.
A report of Panel Discussion of the 21st Japan Goat Summit Subcommittee, 2019 was
made at the end of the meeting.
The presentations/case studies were extraordinary wide areas and contents included
goat management techniques by nomadicpeople, seasonal variation of the nutrient
composition of wild grass in abandoned cultivated land, synchronization technique of
Shiba goat, change in Nepal ethnic minority
community due to goat market entry, osteoarthritis treatment cases, the possibility ofgoat treatment at small animal hospitals,causes and symptoms of goat rumen
acidosis and treatment methods, examples of goatfeeding and cheese
production, consultation cases regarding goat raising, etc.
With various questions from researchers, goat raisers, andtechnicians for each presentation via verbal
and text chat, a lively exchange of opinions
was made.
In the Subcommittee Report, the contents of
the Subcommittee Panel Discussion werepresented by each Subcommittee Chair.
We also discussed how the JSGS should address the issues raised. Proposals made at
this meeting were to collect case studies ongoat feeding in local communities as well as
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The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/366, released on March 5, 2019, allows the exportation of Japanese milk and milk products to the European nations. The news made Japanesecheese producers excited and their quality cheeses were submitted to the 2019 World CheeseAwards in Bergamo, Italy. Here is a report from Ms. Malory Lane, director of Japan Cheese Co.

Success at World Cheese Awards 2019 in Bergamo, Italy
It was a last minute notification from the European Union through Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries - Japanese cheese had been given the green
light to enter the European Union legally.
The door had been opened and it was time to join theworld stage.
With only a couple weeks before the submission deadline for the annual World Cheese Awards held in Bergamo, Italy, the Japanese cheese world made a maddash to submit the best cheeses of Japan.
The Cheese Professional Association, amongst others,
worked long hours to prepare the documentation for 18cheesemakers and 30 cheeses (including 4 goat cheeses)
to enter the E.U. for the World Cheese Awards. It was a featof passion and immense cooperation across numerous
timezones. Japanese cheese had never been (legally)
shipped to Europe before - would it make it?
On October 18, 2019, the judging began at the 32nd annual World Cheese Awards with allcheeses accounted for. It was only the beginning of the excitement in a day filled with joy as
we realized that one Japanese cheesemaker made it into the last round to be judged as
one of the top 16 cheeses in the world.
Japanese cheeses won one Super Gold, 4 Gold, one Silver, 8 Bronze
medals. The list of submitted cheeses with their awards is available at<https://japancheese.co/news/worldcheeseawards2019>
The annual World Cheese Awards is organized by the Guild of Fine
Food from England. In 2019, 3,804 cheeses were judged by 260 judges
from 35 countries. A mixed selection of cheeses was organized across
84 tables with a team of 3-4 judges on each table. Each team of judges selected one Super Gold cheese from their table, as well as awarding cheeses Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals. Out of the 84 Super Goldcheeses, the Super Jury, consisting of 16 elite judges, each championed one cheese for thefinal round. Out of these 16 cheeses, each is tasted and judged with up to 7 points by eachjudge. From those tallies, the champion is crowned the Best Cheese in the World. If there is atie, like in 2019, the tie is broken by the lead judge.
Japan Cheese Co. was able to support the Japanese cheese submissions with English guidance on entry documentation, Japanese-English interpretation, and as the go-to for inquiries
about exports during the World Cheese Awards and B2Cheese trade show.
Malory LaneDirector, Japan Cheese Co.

*Japan Cheese Co. supports artisanal Japanese cheesemakers through exports and educating
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Report on the 21st Japan Goat Summit in Yamanashi
The 21st Japan Goat Summit was held in Hokuto City, Yamanashi
Prefecture on November 23 and 24, 2019, with approximately 210
participants.
The event started with a luncheon with goat meat dishes and theJapan Goat Network General Assembly. After the general meeting,there were two keynote speeches entitled ‘Potential and prospective of goat utilization’ given by Dr. Shogo Shinde, Research Headof the Livestock Technology Center of Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Technology and ‘Obesity-preventing and –eliminating
effects of histidine contained in goat meat’ by Professor Shigeru Nakajima, Vice President ofBunkyo University, followed by a panel discussion on goat production. Panelists included Mr. AkioImai, the Goat Network of Niigata, Mr. Tadashi Sonoda, the National Livestock Breeding Center,
Ibaraki Ranch Nagano Branch, and Ms. Takara Goto,
TAKARA Goat Ranch & Cheese Factory, Mr. Hideki Saito,
Cultural Property Division, Board of Education, Minami Alps
City, and Mr. Koji Inaba, representative of Yamanashi Prefecture Goat Network in addition to the two keynote speakers. A social gathering was held in the evening, where goat
meat dishes, local sake, and shochu (Japanese liquor with25-45% alcohol) were served.
On the second day, panel discussions of three subcommittees were held; 1. Goat feeding and management, 2. Usage of Goat products, and 3. Goat utilization for regional promotion and education. Researchers in the Japan Goat Network Science Committee (Japanese Society of Goat Science) facilitated the discussion on the issues raised by the participants. At the subcommittee 1, there were many questions regarding disease prevention andfeed management, while the detailed explanation of ruminal digestion became pending. At thesubcommittee 2, the needs of research on the composition and functionality of goat milk and goat
meat were pointed out, issues on limited slaughterhouses were discussed, and utilization of goatproducts other than food products and incorporate with local food processing was suggested. Issues related to at the subcommittee 3, discussions
on legal restraints on holding goats for nonlivestock purposes, and goat utilization asmeasures of vermin prevention were made. At
each of the subcommittees, active discussions
were held among the participants, and thus, it became a valuable forum for information exchange.
Maki Hayashida
Associate Professor
Tokyo University of Agriculture

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duce goat disease cases, to create simple
feeding standards, and to introduce goat
meat distribution information. Also, it wassuggested that information distribution, experimental trials, fact-survey should be dealt
with according to individual issues. Specificmeasures will continue to be discussed within the JSGS members and the Network.
Oral Presentations:1．Techniques for feeding control of Mongolian nomads. Hirofumi Naekawa. Tokyo University of Agriculture.
2. Chemical composition of weeds in abandoned cultivated land used for grazing dairy
goats. Yoshiaki Hayashi, Maya Ueno, Tomomi
Mashiko. Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University.
3. Intravaginal administration of progesterone
using a new drug-release technique for estrus
synchronization in goats. Natsumi Endo1, Larasati Puji Rahayu1, Takashi Yamamura2, Hitoshi
Tanaka3, Tomomi Tanaka1. 1Laboratory of Veterinary Reproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2Institute of Livestockand Grassland Science, NARO, 3Takechi Co.
Ltd.
4. Social inclusion of minority people by goats:a case from Chepang community in Nepal.
Kawamura Yumiko. Graduate School of Asia-

Pacific Studies, Waseda University.
5. A method of noninvasive forelimb fixation for
28 months of self-reliant locomotion in a goat
infected with bilateral carpal arthritis. Mayumi
Mitani1,2, Mami Kurebayashi2. 1Farm SAKURA
clinic for small ruminants, 2NPO SORANOWA.
6. Basic medical treatment for goats to makeuse of Japanese veterinary clinic. Anna
Terashima, Naoya Uchida. Miyako VeterinaryClinic, VET Inc.
7. Case reports of ruminal acidosis in goats.
Naoya Uchida, Anna Terashima. Miyako Veterinary Clinic, VET Inc.
8. Goat raising and cheese processing of Nasu
Kogen Ima Farm. Sanae Ishii. Nasu Kogen Ima
Farm.
9. Practical advice for novice and mid-levelgoat breeders. Akio Imai. Imai Professional Engineer Office for Agri-business.

Reports from breakout sessions at the 21st
Japan Goat Summit:
Hidetoshi Kakihara1, Yoshiaki Hayashi2, Naoshige Abe3, Akio Imai4. 1Tohoku University,
2Meijo University, 3Japan Goat Network,
4Imai Professional Engineer Office for Agribusiness.
Hidetoshi Kakihara
Associate Professor, Tohoku University【表紙の写真】南アンデスは、チリとアルゼンチンの国境を分けます。チリの首都サンチアゴから、アンデスの一角を成すマイポ山に向かう道なりでは、険しくも美しい自然を堪能することができます。広く澄んだ青空と果てしなく続く山脈、谷を流れる清流に壮大な自然を見せつけられます。この辺りの標高は2000mくらいですが、太陽はとても近く、まぶしく照り付け、雪山から降りてくる冷たい空気を心地よく温めてくれます。途中、いくつかの家が建っているのを見つけました。冬の間は山を降りて生活しているのか、人の姿は見えませんが、家の近くで馬の親子が草を食んでいました。道路が途絶えたので車を降りて、緩やかな岩肌を歩いて向かう山頂のあちら側はアルゼンチンです。国境まで20kmあたりのところまで登ってきたようです。太陽がだいぶ低くなって、私たちを移す影が長くなり、気温が下がってきました。澄んだ空気と自然を十分に堪能したので、車に戻って帰路に就くことにしました。間もなく、確かにヤギの鳴き声を聞きました。友人は「ヤギなんてどこにも見えないよ。空耳に違いないさ」と笑いましたが、車を降りて、ヤギの鳴き声がした
小さな崖を駆け上がると、アンデス山脈で暮らすヤギ達に会うことができました。2018年8月8日撮影。

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お知らせ
第8回国際乳業連盟シンポジウム
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日程：2020年11月4〜5日
会場：ベルギー、ブリュッセル、オートワールド博物館

IDF（国際乳業連盟）は、「ヒツジ、ヤギ、その他ウシ以外の乳」に焦点を当て、世界の酪農コミュニティをベルギー、ブリュッセルに結集します。ウシを以外にもヒツジやヤギなど乳を生産する動物は世界中に広く分布しています。これらの動物は、経済、農村および都市周辺の暮らし、女性の社会進出、そして食料安全保障のサポートを通じて、持続可能な暮らしに貢献しています。このシンポジウムでは、ウシ由来以外の乳についての栄養学と科学技術の進歩、さらに動物の健康についての最新の科学的進歩について発表されます。詳しくはウェブサイト：https://www.fil-idf.org/sheepandgoat2020/をご覧ください。
中南米小型反芻家畜・南米ラクダ科研究会議（ALEPRyCS）とIGA南米地区の合同大会
 日程：2021年5月19-21日
 開催地：コロンビア、バジェドゥパル
第13回ヤギ国際会議

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第10回国際ヒツジ獣医師会世界大会
日程：2021年9月19〜23日
会場：スペイン、セビリア
ウェブサイト：http://isvc2021.com

第5回アジア・オーストラレシア乳用ヤギ会議

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日程：2021年10月3〜8日

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日程：延期（新日程は未定）

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会場：ハンガリー、エゲル、ホテルEger&Park

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会場：タイ、ノンタブリーウェブサイト：https://www.icg2020.org/

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ウェブサイトhttp://aadgc2020.com/

The 20th Meeting of the Japanese Society of Goat Science
The 20th Meeting of JSGS, the research committee of the Japan Goat Network (JGN), washeld at 13:00 to 17:00 on March 27, 2019, during the 125th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Animal Science at Azabu University.
There were 45 participants at the meetingwith an academic lecture and recent research on goat by young scientists. In addition to researchers, goat raisers also participated the meeting and active Q&As weremade on each presentation.
Towards the end of the meeting, members ofthe JGN also discussed the future visions andmissions of the JSGS.

[Recent goat research by young scientists]
1．Studies on developments of spineless cactus (Opuntia spp.) as a feed resource for improving health and milk production in goats.
Makoto Nishizawa1, Makoto Kondo2, Yoshiaki
Hayashi1. 1Graduate School of Agriculture,
Meijo University, 2Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University.
2. The actual situation of goat raising and theestablish condition of goat business managing in Japan. Sanae Ishi, Shinichi Kobayashi,Seiichi Koizumi. Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University.

[Academic Lecture]“Study on contact with goats on changes in
psychological, physiological and biochemical
indicators of healthy person”
Naoshige Abe, Japan Goat Network

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IGAにぜひご入会ください。会員専用サイトでは、四半期ごとのIGAニュースレターで、ヤギに関する世界のニュースや情報をお届けしています。また、世界中の会員とつながって、会議やジャーナル、オンラインを通じて交流しましょう。さらに、メンバー特典として、IGAニュースレターに記事を掲載したり、IGAコンサルティンググループなどのIGAプロジェクトへの参加、国や地域の代表への選出やとIGAの各種委員会への参加の機会があります。IGAは、科学的に健全な方策で、小型反芻動物の生産と消費に関する国内および世界の課題に貢献しています。IGAは、国内および国際レベルでのヤギの研究者と生産者の声です。

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IGA ニュースレター2020年6月号のトピックス
1. 第13回国際ヤギ会議ハンガリー、エゲル大会の新たな日程発表
2. IGA会長からのメッセージ
3. ヤギ関連国際会議の日程再調整と延期について
4. ルーマニア農業リーダーシップフォーラムによるシャンドー・クコヴィクス博士へのインタビュー
5. モザンビークにおける小規模ヤギ飼養農家のための補助飼料としての樹葉利用について
6. ポーランド、クリムコフカでのチーズ作りワークショップが2019年9月26-27日に開催されました
7. コロンビアのヤギ生産
8. COVID-19でヒツジ・ヤギ産業が受ける打撃
9. 従来の駆虫薬に代わる幼虫捕獲菌、BioWorma
10. 本の紹介「big bucks for pastoral farmers（ヤギで大きく金儲け）」
11. コロンビアの先住民族Wayuu
12. より良い意思決定と投資のための家畜データウエブサイト（LD４D）
13. イラン、ブーシェフル州のアダニ種ヤギの飼育状況
14. AdaptMap：ヤギの多様性と適応の調査
15. 東アフリカにおける口蹄疫ワクチンの開発と促進事業
16. 健康で持続的、そして正当な食料システムにおける動物性食品の役割
17. PPRウォッチ

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IGA 日本支部ニュースレターについて
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へご連絡ください。

IGA Japan and its Newsletter

The IGA Japan promotes activities ofInternational Goat Association and the Japan
Goat Network (JGN) with exchanging
information from around the World and Japanutilizing both English and Japanese articles.
The information provided here includes
articles on the newsletters of IGA andannouncements of the JGN and the JapaneseSociety of Goat Science. You can find thisnewsletter in the IGA Japanese site at <https://www.iga-goatworld.com/iga-injapanese.
html>. IGA Japan also welcomes
your articles, pictures, videos, comments, suggestions, and/or questions. Contact atigajapancr@gmail.com.

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