Table of Contents

Preface; Assefaw Tewolde; Introduction; Andrea Rosati; Section 1 - Development of Livestock Systems; Development of production systems in South America; Omar Araujo-Febres & R. Vera 3; Development of livestock systems in North America; Leonard S. Bull 13; Development of livestock systems in Asia; Jong K. Ha 21; Development of livestock systems in Oceania; Peter C. Wynn, David R. Scobie, Paul A. Sheehy & Alan R. Quartermain 27; Development of livestock production systems in Africa; Barnabas N. Mitaru & Okeyo A. Mwai 37; Development of livestock system in Europe; Aime L. Aumaitre & Andrea Rosati 47; Section 2 - Achievement of Research; Achievements of research in animal breeding and selection; Georgios Banos 63; Achievements of research in the field of molecular genetics; Bertram Brenig, Thomas E. Broad, Noelle E. Cockett & Andre Eggen 73; Achievements of research in the field of reproduction science; Cesare Galli & Giovanna Lazzari 85; Achievements of research in the field of feed technologies; Larry E. Chase 95; Achievements of research in the field of ruminant nutrition; Erasmo Gutierrez-Ornelas & Michael L. Galyean 101; Achievements of research in the field of monogastric nutrition; A. Piva, G. Casadei & F. Galvano 107; Achievements of research in the field of growth and development; Frank R. Dunshea 115; Achievements of research in the field of milk-cheese products; Roberto Rubino & G.F. Cifuni 121; Achievements of research in the field of livestock systems; Bertha L. Rueda Maldonado & Andres Aluja Schunemann 127. Achievements of research in the field of environmental aspect and waste management; Jean Stoll 133; Achievements of research in the field of dairy cattle: the United States case; Jeffrey F. Keown 145; Achievements of research in the field of beef cattle; Japie van der Westhuizen 151; Achievements of research in the field of sheep and goats; Richard Templer, M. Aspin, A. Bray, G. Jarvis, K. Whall & A. Osborn 155; Achievements of research in the field of swine; Candido Pomar, Luigi Faucitano & Paolo Lovatto 159; Achievements of research in the field of horses; Imre Bodo, A.A. Maroti, S. Mihok& Zs. Toth 173; Achievements of research in the field of poultry science; Ilie Van 179; Achievements of research in the field of camelides; Ghaleb A. Alhadrami 187; Achievements of research in the field of buffalo; Pushkar Nath Bhat 193; Achievements of research in the field of new or local animal breeding: the case of reindeer husbandry in Finland; Mauri Nieminen 201; Section 3 - Contemporary Issues; After the BSE crisis: Lessons for the livestock industry; Patrick Cunningham 211; Animal agriculture and natural resources; Sergio S. Gonzalez-Munoz, German D. Mendoza-Martinez & Miguel J. Garcia Winder 217; The development of livestock production systems in the Andean region: Implications for smallholder producers; Carlos U. Leon-Velarde & Roberto A. Quiroz 233; Feeds from genetically modified plants in animal nutrition; Gerhard Flachowsky & Andrew Chesson 241; Patenting in animal breeding and genetics; M.F. Rothschild, Graham Plastow & Scott Newman 269; Section 4 - Statistics; Chapter 1 - The animals' numbers 281; Chapter 2 - The livestock production 291; Chapter 3 - The human population 308; Chapter 4 - The supply (per caput a year) 310; Chapter 5 - The gross national product 317.