Increasing Small Ruminant Productivity in Semi-arid Areas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I. Livestock Systems and Nutrition.
• The Contribution of Livestock Products to Human Dietary Needs with Special Reference to North Africa and West Asia.
• The Importance of Barley in Food Production and Demand in West Asia and North Africa.
• Research Strategies for Development: Improving Sheep and Goat Production in Developing Countries.
• Increasing Feed Resources for Small Ruminants in the Mediterranean Basin.
• A Comparison of Grazing and Browsing Ruminants in the Use of Feed Resources.
• Improving Livestock Production from Straw-Based Diets.
• II. Breeding.
• Breeding Strategies for Small Ruminants in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas.
• A Strategy for the Exploitation of Sheep Genotypes for Improved Flock Performance.
• Sheep and Goats: Their Relative Potential for Milk and Meat Production in Semi-Arid Environments.
• New Technologies for Animal Improvement and Developing Countries.
• Selection for Lamb Growth in Libyan Barbary Sheep.
• The Awassi Sheep Breeding Project in Syria.
• Past Experiences of Sheep Improvement in Egypt and Future Directions.
• Genetic Improvement of Sheep in Turkey.
• Sheep Breeding in Jordan and a Proposed Awassi Breed Improvement Programme.
• Genetic Improvement of Sheep in Cyprus by Selection and/or Crossbreeding.
• III. Health.
• Studying Husbandry and Health of Awassi Sheep in Bedouin Flocks: Evaluation of Methodology Using Initial Results.
• Emerging Bacterial Diseases that can Affect Small Ruminant Production.
• The Economic Significance and Control of Small Ruminant Viruses in North Africa and West Asia.
• Controlling Livestock Diseases in the Tropics by Breeding: A Perspective.
• Impact on Productivity and Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal and Lungworm Parasites in Sheep in Morocco.
• Resistance of Sheep and Goats to Helminth Infections: A Genetic Basis.
• The Potential Use of Vaccines or Genetically Resistant Animals in the Control of Helminthiasis.
• Mechanisms of Immunity to Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Sheep.
• Recommendations.
• List of Authors and Participants.