New trends for innovation in the Mediterranean animal production

Front Matter....Pages 1-14
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Agricultural systems and the innovation process....Pages 17-26
Broad-view research in the Mediterranean system....Pages 27-33
Innovations arising from applied research on a new on-line milk analyzer and a behavior meter....Pages 34-43
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Conception of new bioeconomic indexes to evaluate caprine genotypes productivity....Pages 47-51
Genetic variability and phylogenetic relationships of ovine Algerian breeds using microsatellites....Pages 52-55
 In vitro conservation and preliminary molecular identification of some Turkish domestic animal genetic resources....Pages 56-61
Red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) farming in Greece: predicting the rate of inbreeding and estimating the effective population size....Pages 62-65
The use of crossbreeding programs for increasing domestic beef production....Pages 66-69
Proposal of some alternatives to simplify a MOET programme....Pages 70-73
Adaptation and reproductive performances of exotic saanen breed introduced in Lebanon....Pages 74-77
Managing the breeding and calving seasons in the suckler cow herd....Pages 78-81
Improvement of the reproductive efficiency for the development of the Sardinian sheep breeding....Pages 82-85
Use of stochastic models to simulate long-term dynamics of mountain cattle herds under low-labour availability scenarios....Pages 89-98
Innovations in small ruminants feeding systems in arid Mediterranean areas....Pages 99-116
Fattening Cinta Senese pigs with chestnuts: effect on meat and fat characteristics....Pages 117-122
Importance of Mediterranean forest products as food resource of domestic herbivores: the case of oak acorn....Pages 123-126
Finishing Cinta Senese pigs at pasture: fatty acids composition of cured lard....Pages 127-130
Effects of winter shearing on reproductive and lactation performances of the Latxa dairy ewe....Pages 131-134
Effect of concentrate quantity and administration pattern on milk parameters and grazing time in a rationed dairy sheep grazing system....Pages 135-138
Relation between the distribution of time spent on pasture and protein content of the concentrate on milk yield and grazing behaviour....Pages 139-142
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Comparison of animal performance of domestic herbivores grazing on partially improved heath lands....Pages 143-147
Performance of domestic herbivores in marginal heathlands....Pages 148-152
Effect of grass nitrogen protection by Acacia cyanophylla on nitrogen balance and sheep milk production....Pages 153-156
Carob ( Ceratonia siliqua ) pulp as an energy source in diet for growing rabbits....Pages 157-160
Nutritional status of the endangered Pantelleria donkey breed....Pages 161-164
Study of some haematic parameters as indicators of the metabolic nutritional status in Nero Siciliano growing pigs....Pages 165-168
Net transfer of nutrients to duodenum, and disappearance of n-alkanes in the reticulo-rumen and the hindgut of sheep fed grass/legume combinations....Pages 169-172
Extruded linseed in the diet of dairy ewes: effects on fatty acid composition of milk and cheese....Pages 173-176
SIEOL, information system for genetic, technical and economic support for French dairy sheep breeders....Pages 179-185
Outlook for producing Timahdite lamb with improved dietetic quality reared on rangelands in the Central Middle Atlas (Morocco)....Pages 186-192
Effect of different production systems on lamb sensory quality....Pages 193-197
Carcass and meat quality of Majorcan black pig slaughtered at different live weight....Pages 198-201
Influence of feeding system on carcass and meat quality: fat colour as a tool of classification....Pages 202-205
The use of subcutaneous fat colour to trace grass-feeding in Parda de Montaña yearling bulls....Pages 206-209
Wool in Mediterranean regions: a forgotten and neglected product of sheep or a natural and renewable resource for the future?....Pages 210-213
Innovations have improved the efficiency of ruminant production systems in Cyprus....Pages 217-226
New morphological and weight measurements by visual image analysis in sheep and goats....Pages 227-232
An information system for the assessment of the threats to the heritage sheep breeds....Pages 233-236
Permanence of electronic ear tags in extensive rearing of Majorcan black pig....Pages 237-239
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Mediterranean pastorality 5 : sustainable know-how in search of development....Pages 243-254
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The adoption of technical and organizational innovations and their impacts on dairy sheep breeding in Tunisia....Pages 255-263
Tradition and innovation in the Mediterranean pastoralism: recognition of its multiple roles for the sustainable development of rural areas....Pages 264-269
PDO project for Corsican pork as an innovation for the whole marketing chain....Pages 270-277
Innovation systems and processes in the field of agricultural direct marketing: a cross-national analysis between France, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland....Pages 278-281
The role of the Mediterranean networks of cooperative research in animal production in favor of innovation: situation and outlooks for the future....Pages 282-286
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Innovative strategies of organic beef producers in Italy....Pages 289-295
Use of homeopathy in parasite control in a flock of Zerasca sheep....Pages 296-300
Innovating on welfare: an added value?....Pages 301-306
The use of grazing pastures in goat production: development of an approach to combine optimized use of the forage resource and the control of related risks....Pages 307-316
Silvopastoral innovation in North Mediterranean livestock farming systems: current knowledge and prospects for technical support....Pages 317-320
The role of secondary compounds in foraging on Mediterranean rangelands....Pages 321-324
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Traditions in Mediterranean livestock activities: obstacle or source of innovations?....Pages 325-331
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An overall view on recent innovations in Mediterranean Livestock Farming Systems....Pages 335-337
Back Matter....Pages 339-344