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New trends for innovation in the Mediterranean animal production

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. R. Bouche
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  2. A. Derkimba
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  3. F. Casabianca
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  • Gives an updated review on the main innovations that significantly changed the activities of livestock production in the Mediterranean area in the recent past
  • Secondly, the focus lies on the extent to which these innovations improve the efficiency, ensure the socio-cultural basis or reduce the environmental impact of livestock systems
  • Provides a set of updated information and knowledge useful for researchers, students, extension services and policy-makers in the field of animal science

Part of the book series: European Association for Animal Production (EAAP, volume 129)

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Table of contents (53 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-14
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  2. Introduction on innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Agricultural systems and the innovation process

      • J.-M. Meynard, F. Casabianca
      Pages 17-26

    3. Broad-view research in the Mediterranean system

      • A. Rosati
      Pages 27-33

    4. Innovations arising from applied research on a new on-line milk analyzer and a behavior meter

      • A. Arazi, N. Pinski, T. Schcolnik, E. Aizinbud, G. Katz, E. Maltz
      Pages 34-43

  3. Innovations improving the efficiency of livestock systems in the Mediterranean area

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Genetics, breeding, reproduction

      1. Conception of new bioeconomic indexes to evaluate caprine genotypes productivity
        • A. Gaddour, S. Najari, M. Ouni
        Pages 47-51
      2. Genetic variability and phylogenetic relationships of ovine Algerian breeds using microsatellites
        • S. Gaouar, N. Tabet Aoul, O. Khaib dit Naib, L. Hamouda, N. Boushaba, N. Brahami et al.
        Pages 52-55
      3. <i>In vitro</i> conservation and preliminary molecular identification of some Turkish domestic animal genetic resources
        • M. İhsan Soysal
        Pages 56-61
      4. Red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>) farming in Greece: predicting the rate of inbreeding and estimating the effective population size
        • G. Vatzias, E. Asmini, D. Papavasiliou, G. Maglaras, S. Nagy, Z. Zamborszky
        Pages 62-65
      5. The use of crossbreeding programs for increasing domestic beef production
        • M. Ben Salem, H. Kélifa
        Pages 66-69
      6. Proposal of some alternatives to simplify a MOET programme
        • I. Mayorga, F. Masia, L. Mara, S. Casu, M. Dattena
        Pages 70-73
      7. Adaptation and reproductive performances of exotic saanen breed introduced in Lebanon
        • S. Abi Saab, J. Daher
        Pages 74-77
      8. Managing the breeding and calving seasons in the suckler cow herd
        • J. Álvarez-Rodríguez, I. Casasús, R. Revilla, M. Blanco, A. Sanz
        Pages 78-81
      9. Improvement of the reproductive efficiency for the development of the Sardinian sheep breeding
        • V. Carcangiu, M. C. Mura, G. M. Vacca, M. L. Dettori, M. Pazzola, S. Luridiana et al.
        Pages 82-85

    3. Feeding systems, nutrition, health

      1. Use of stochastic models to simulate long-term dynamics of mountain cattle herds under low-labour availability scenarios
        • D. Villalba, G. Ripoll, R. Ruiz, A. Bernués
        Pages 89-98
      2. Innovations in small ruminants feeding systems in arid Mediterranean areas
        • A. Nefzaoui, H. Ben Salem, M. El Mourid
        Pages 99-116
      3. Fattening Cinta Senese pigs with chestnuts: effect on meat and fat characteristics
        • F. Sirtori, C. Pugliese, S. Parenti, S. D’Adorante, O. Franci
        Pages 117-122
      4. Importance of Mediterranean forest products as food resource of domestic herbivores: the case of oak acorn
        • A. Gasmi-Boubaker, R. Mosquera Losada, H. Abdouli, A. Rigueiro
        Pages 123-126
      5. Finishing Cinta Senese pigs at pasture: fatty acids composition of cured lard
        • L. Giuliotti, J. Goracci, N. Benvenuti, F. Sirtori, C. Pugliese, O. Franci
        Pages 127-130
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About this book

The Mediterranean area shows a great diversity of livestock systems, depending on local resources and traditions, but also on the networking space where informational resources are available for producers. During the last decades, a lot of innovations have been conceived or introduced in the Mediterranean area, allowing livestock systems to remain competitive. The book looks at two main issues: firstly, it gives an updated review on the main innovations that significantly changed the activities of livestock production in the Mediterranean area in the recent past. Secondly, the focus lies on the extent to which these innovations improve the efficiency, ensure the socio-cultural basis or reduce the environmental impact of livestock systems. One major finding is a new vision of innovating systems based on the distinction between regulated innovation (when aims are fixed) and innovative design (when aims are questioned). Innovations reported in the book are dealing with a set of concerns. They concern the production techniques, the work organization, the equipment and infrastructures, the collective features for selection, reproduction, feeding or sanitary devices. They also concern the local organization such as product labelling, new dynamics around local breeds, collective rules for supply basin or approaches of new products for new markets. More recently, some innovations focus on environmental impacts of livestock production, due to an increasing consciousness of those kinds of problems. In the final part of the book, a round table copes with a crucial question: are traditions in Mediterranean livestock activities to be considered an obstacle or a source of innovation? This book provides a set of updated information and knowledge useful for researchers, students, extension services and policy-makers in the field of animal science.

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