WAAP Book of the Year 2003 is a reference tool for the animal scientific community and for policy makers worldwide.

Features:

• Details the most “urgent” topics in animal industry
• Includes relevant statistics, furnishing information and data in a homogenous and easy to read structure
• Describes changes that have happened in animal industries in the last decades and clearly illustrates them in tables and graphics

Contents

Development of Livestock Systems

• Development of Production Systems in South America
• Development of Production Systems in North America
• Development of Livestock Systems in Asia
• Development of Livestock Systems in Oceania
• Development of Livestock Production Systems in Africa
• Development of Livestock Systems in Europe

Achievement of Research

• Achievements of Research in Animal Breeding and Selection
• Achievements of Research in the field of Molecular Genetics
• Achievements of Research in the field of Reproduction Science
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Feed Technologies
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Ruminant Nutrition
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Monogastric Nutrition
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Growth and Development
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Milk-Cheese Products
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Livestock Systems
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Environmental Aspect and Waste Management
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Dairy Cattle: The United States
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Beef Cattle
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Sheep and Goats
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Swine
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Horses
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Poultry Science
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Camelides
• Achievements of Research in the Field of Buffalo
• Achievements of Research in the Field of New or Local Animal Breeding: Reindeer Husbandry in Finland

Contemporary Issues

• After the BSE Crisis: Lessons for the Livestock Industry
• Animal Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Development of Livestock Production Systems in the Andean Region: Implications for Smallholder Producers
• Feeds From Genetically Modified Plants in Animal Nutrition
• Patenting in Animal Breeding and Genetics

Statistics

• The Animals' Numbers
• The Livestock Production
• The Human Population
• The Supply
• The Gross National Product

Index

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