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Animal production and animal science worldwide
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Authors: Ajmone-Marsan P., Bagnato A., Bazer F.W., Blasco A., Brand T.S.,
Brown P.A., Campeneere De S. , Cloete S.W.P., Cooper R.G., Cromie A.,
De Boever J. , de Brabander D. , de Figueirêdo Freitas V.J., Delgado C.,
Draghia-Akli R., Edwards S.A., Ehui S., Elbeltagy A., Fiems L., Freeman A.H.,
Galal S., Gaughan J.B., Gibon A., Gigli S., Hernández P., Iacurto M.,
Ibeagha-Awemu E.M., Iqbal A., Jan H., Jemeljanovs A., Jones W., Juskiene V.,
Kawashima T., Keady T.W.J., Khan A.S., Khatib H., Lipkin E., Malek M., Mcleod A.,
Mihina S., Oba G., O'Donovan M., Okike I., Pascual J.J., Peters K.J., Pyman M.F.,
Renaville B., Renaville R., Rola A., Rola W., Rosati A., Rosell J., Saastamoinen M.T.,
Schiavini F., Scott N.R., Sloszar P., Sorensen J.T., Spencer T.E., Sundrum A.,
Sung Woo K., Szabo F., Tewolde A., Thornton P.K., Tiongco M., Todorov N.,
Van de Steeg J.A., Vicente J.-S., Vicién C., Wagenhoffer Z., Wenk C., Wu G.,
Yano H., Yin Yu-L., Zhao X., Zimbelman R.G.
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Animal production and
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WAAP book of the year 2006
A Review on Developments and Research in Livestock Systems
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Andrea Rosati
Section 1 - Development of Livestock Systems
Development of livestock systems in Africa: challenges and recent achievements..................3
Simeon Ehui & Ihienacho Okike
Animal production in the USA: the role of science. A historical
perspective of Animal Science Societies ...............................................................................15
Robert G. Zimbelman
Development of production systems in Asia..............................................................................19
Tomoyuki Kawashima & Hideo Yano
Development of production systems in Europe.........................................................................25
(cid:138)tefan Mihina, Jan Huba, Kurt J. Peters, Sandra A. Edwards, Jan Tind Sorensen, Annick Gibon, Aleksandrs
Jemeljanovs, Violeta Juskiene, Ferenc Szabo, Piotr Sloszar & Nikolai Todorov
Section 2 - Achievements of Research
Achievement of research in the field of molecular genetics.....................................................37
Alessandro Bagnato, Hasan Khatib, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Fausta Schiavini & Ehud Lipkin
Achievements of research in the field of ruminant nutrition....................................................49
Daniºl De Brabander, Leo Fiems, Johan De Boever & Sam De Campeneere
Achievements of research in the field of animal growth and development ............................59
Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Amir S. Khan & Patricia A. Brown
Achievements of research in the field of immunology and endochrinology............................67
BØnØdicte Renaville & Robert Renaville
Achievements of research in the field of meat quality..............................................................77
Miriam Iacurto & Sergio Gigli
Achievements of research in the field of livestock systems......................................................95
Albert Sundrum
Achievements of research in the field of pasture and forage.................................................107
Andrew Cromie, Tim W.J. Keady & Michael O’Donovan
Achievements of research in the field of dairy cattle ............................................................. 115
Eveline M. Ibeagha-Awemu & Xin Zhao
Achievements of research in the field of beef cattle...............................................................127
Zsombor Wagenhoffer
Achievements of research in the field of swine...................................................................... 135
Caspar Wenk & Massoud Malek
Achievements of research in the field of sheep and goats.................................................... 153
Vicente JosØ de FigueirŒdo Freitas
Achievements of research in the field of horse .......................................................................163
Markku T. Saastamoinen
Achievements of research in the field of camelids..................................................................167
Arshad Iqbal
Achievement of research in the field of buffalo production in Egypt ....................................177
Salah Galal & Ahmed Elbeltagy
Achievements of research in the field of ostrich production................................................. 189
Tertius S. Brand & Schalk W.P. Cloete
Achievements of research in the field of rabbits.................................................................... 195
Juan JosØ Pascual, Agust(cid:237)n Blasco, Pilar HernÆndez, Joan Rosell & JosØ-Salvador Vicente
Section 3 - Contemporary Issues
Current status of research in animal biotechnology: a global outlook...................................207
Wendelyn Jones & Assefaw Tewolde
Future scenarios of livestock systems in developing countries..............................................219
Ade H. Freeman, Philip K. Thornton, Jeannette A. van de Steeg & Anni Mcleod
Regulatory issues for the release into the environment
of genetically modified animals.......................................................................................... 233
Carmen ViciØn
Biometeorology and animal science........................................................................................ 239
John B. Gaughan
An example of livestock intensification and the role of
smallholders: Philippines hog and poultry sectors.............................................................249
Agnes Rola, Walfredo Rola, Marites Tiongco & Christopher Delgado
Dairy crossbreeding to improve health and reproductive performance................................ 263
Michael F. Pyman
Impact of nanoscale technologies in animal management................................................... 283
Norman R. Scott
Global ostrich industry: current state and future possible developments............................ 293
Ross G. Cooper
New developments in amino acid research............................................................................ 299
Guoyao Wu, Fuller W. Bazer, Thomas E. Spencer, Yu-Long Yin & Sung Woo Kim
Challenges and opportunities for pastoralism in Africa. Degrading
rangelands or maintaining resilience? ................................................................................317
Gufu Oba
Section 4 - Statistics
Chapter 1 - Livestock population..............................................................................................331
Chapter 2 - Livestock production..............................................................................................341
Chapter 3 - Human population and resources........................................................................ 358
Chapter 4 - Supplies per caput/per year and economics....................................................... 364
