This conference is jointly sponsored by the American Dairy Products Institute and the United States National Committee of the International Dairy Federation (IDF). It will take place from 27 to 29 October 1997 at the Westin Hotel O'Hare, 6100 River Road, Rosemont, Illinois, USA.
The objectives of the conference are to bring together producers of whey
and whey products, manufacturers of equip-ment used for whey processing and industry
business leaders as well as government, university and industry researchers from
throughout the world to discuss current topics of interest relating to research,
production, marketing and utilization of whey and whey products.
Persons interested in presenting papers at the conference should contact: Dr Warren S.
Clark, Jr, Chief Executive Officer, American Dairy Products Institute, 130 N. Franklin
Street, Chicago, IL 60606. Tel. 312/782-4888, Fax. 312/782-5299; or Caroline Brooks,
International Dairy Federation, 41 Square Vergote, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium; Tel. 32 2 733
1690, Fax. 32 2 733 0413,
E-mail: [email protected].
Dr Warren S. Clark, Jr can also be contacted for information on registration.
The Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CTVM) has
started giving courses in modular form. The range of modules is very large and includes
not only those organized by the CTVM but also the ones organized by Edinburgh University's
Institute of Ecology and Resource Management and the Scottish Agricultural College.
New modules this year include Sustainable food production in the tropics and Sustainable
use of wildlife in the tropics. Some of these modules have been turned into
"turnkey" courses which can be taught over a two-week period in a tropical
country. The idea behind the turnkey course is that two specialists go out to a research
centre in a tropical country and give the course and, at the same time, train local staff
to give subsequent courses. All teaching material that has been prepared will be left with
the host institution. To date the most popular turnkey course has been Scientific
communication, in which individuals are given training, including the oral presentation of
papers, and are also shown how to apply for money for research, including the production
of logical frameworks. Other available turnkey courses include Privatization of veterinary
services and Draught animal technology. The Scientific communication turnkey course has
also been expanded for those students who have more time available into a ten-week course,
entitled Publish and develop, in which training is given in the use of desk-top computers
for the production of scientific journals and annual reports.
CTVM now offers six courses, the newest of these is the first non-tropical course which
could be very attractive to veterinarians and others from Eastern Europe.
This information is also being developed on our web page
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/CTVM/Turnkey Courses.
For further information, please contact Dr Tony Smith, Head of Teaching, Centre for
Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh University, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25
9RG, Scotland;
E-mail: [email protected]
This symposium will be held in Limassol, Cyprus, from 16
to 21 February 1997, in cooperation with the Veterinary Public
Health Institute, Cyprus. The theme is "Salmonellosis-Brucellosis as world health
problems in humans and animals".
For further information, contact: Dr K. Polydorou, PO Box 284, 2150 Nicosia, Cyprus; Fax.
00357-2-453121.
Le 6eCongr�s mondial de cuniculture s'est tenu � Toulouse (France) du
9 au 12 juillet 1996. Il �tait organis� par l'Association fran�aise de cuniculture
(AFC), au nom de l'Association mondiale de cuniculture, en association avec l'Institut
national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), l'Institut technique d'aviculture (ITAVI) et
le Centre de coop�ration internationale en recherche agronomique pour le d�veloppement
(CIRAD).
Ce congr�s a rassembl� plus de 400 participants, venus de 35 pays, qui se sont
f�licit�s de l'organisation en tous points irr�prochable.
Les grands th�mes d�velopp�s au cours des s�ances pl�ni�res (matin�es), des
pr�sentations de posters et des tables rondes (apr�s-midi) traitaient de nutrition,
laine et fourrure, reproduction, g�n�tique, �thiologie, physiologie, pathologie, viande
et croissance, production et gestion.
Les trois volumes contenant le texte complet de l'ensemble des communications sont
disponibles aupr�s de:
AFC Cuniculture, BP 50, 63370 Lempdes, France. Fax +33 (0) 473 92 86 80. Prix: 800 FF.
Un r�sum� des communications, publi� sous forme d'un num�ro sp�cial du Journal de la
World Rabbit Science Association (WRSA), est disponible � la m�me adresse au prix de 100
FF.
In October 1994, the FAO World Reference Laboratory for Rinderpest (WRLR) was established at the Institute for Animal Health Pirbright in the United Kingdom. The main aims of the WRLR are to provide a diagnostic service for all countries involved in rinderpest erad-ication campaigns; establish a library of rinderpest virus strains; undertake molecular epidemiological studies to identify origins of outbreaks and further understanding of the epidemiology of the disease; and introduce standardization of the diagnostic techniques used in rinderpest diagnosis. This rinderpest diagnostic service is provided free to all member countries of FAO. A booklet outlining the procedures for the collection and submission of specimens may be obtained from the Animal Health Service of FAO.
Recent work carried out in the Animal Production and
Health Division of FAO towards the production of global livestock maps and the analysis of
the spatial dynamics in livestock distribution has yielded important new insights in how
animal agriculture is developing in the face of demographic and economic development.
Preliminary conclusions suggest that the continued aggregation of predominantly
monogastric livestock in more densely populated, moister parts of subhumid Asia is the
single most important event influencing global livestock development. The trend towards
keeping livestock concentrated in moister areas where land pressures are highest is also
noted in other geographical areas of the world.
It is generally agreed that livestock keeping today is less and less about traditional
management of dryland resources and other harsh grazing environments and the keeping of
ruminants for crop production, and more and more about the production of grain-based,
intensive, commercial systems for meat, eggs and milk of a high quality and hygiene
standard, in close vicinity to urban markets. In developing countries where
infrastructural development is not up to par with population growth, there is a tendency
towards peri-urban livestock development on the peripheries of metropolises.
Implications in terms of development and investment regarding animal agriculture are
multifold. Most important is the issue of food-feed competition, particularly in areas
where land pressures are increasing at a higher rate than overall agricultural
productivity. Further insight in spatial crop production dynamics is essential for
sensible development scenarios. The livestock-land utilization pattern is taken as the
main topic for further study.
FAO has established a new information system on threatened
farm breeds and global animal genetic resources on Internet. You will find the Domestic
Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS) on Internet at: http://www.fao.org/dad-is
DAD-IS has been created as a tool for country use and to foster worldwide knowledge on the
state, use and development of global animal genetic resources important for food and
agriculture. According to FAO, about one-third of the world's 4 000 to 5 000
domestic animal genetic resources are now at risk of loss. DAD-IS includes information on
nearly 4 000 breeds, representing 28 species in over 180 countries. Through DAD-IS, users
can contact people and organizations providing advice and assistance. The system will also
be available on CD-ROM for countries without Internet access.
DAD-IS provides regularly updated information among countries and organizations. It is the
pivotal information tool for FAO's new Global Programme for the Management of Farm Animal
Genetic Resources.
The target audiences of DAD-IS are policy-makers, governmental and non-governmental
organizations, farmers, teachers, students, environmental workers and funding agencies.
For more information, please contact: Initiative for Domestic Animal Diversity (iDAD),
Animal Production and Health Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome,
Italy; Fax.(39-6) 5225 3927, E-mail: [email protected]
FAO's Animal Genetic Resources Management Group, along with Brazil's National Centre for Research on Animal Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (CENARGEN), organized a course on Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS) in Brazil, 20-24 May 1996. The course was part of a plan to establish the Animal Genetic Resources Management Programme structure in the Americas. Thirteen participants from 13 countries in North, Central and South America attended. The course dealt with establishing the structure of the country-based FAO Global Animal Resources Management in the Americas and making effective use of DAD-IS in active breed improvement programmes and in the preservation of endangered breeds. Similar courses are planned for other regions of the world.
The most suitable meat preservation method for many
regions of the developing world remains meat drying. It has been practised for centuries
by the direct exposure of meat strips, cubes, slices, etc., to the sun. This method,
called "sun drying", has certain disadvantages such as exposure to dust, rain
and insects. Improved drying methods have therefore been developed to avoid these hygienic
problems. Meat is being dried in transparent cabinets covered with plastic foil or glass,
receiving sun energy through direct radiation or through solar collectors which conduct
hot air into a cabinet. This technique is called "solar drying" and is still
very cost-effective. Besides the construction material, no other inputs are required. The
only additional energy needed may be electricity to operate electric fans, and this is
obtainable either from mains or from photovoltaic cells attached to the dryers.
In a TCP project carried out in Ghana, FAO has developed several types of "solar
dryers" for meat, taking into account experiences gained from drying food crops,
fruit, etc. The FAO project has developed meat drying technologies for small- to
semi-industrial-scale uses, for partial or fully dried products and for products which can
be processed further through mincing, blending with non-meat additives, frying, etc.
During three regional training courses in African countries, designs of different solar
dryers and solar drying techniques were distributed to nutritionists, extensionists,
government experts and small entrepreneurs. Through TCDC activities, experiences have been
exchanged between African and Asian countries, with meat dryers designed in Asia being
built in Africa.
An FAO manual on meat drying, based on all these developments, will soon be published in
order to disseminate designs and technologies further.
The survival of the various small-scale and frequently
isolated dairy sectors of the Mediterranean area has up to now been due to the strong
specificity of the traditional non-standard products meeting a well-established local
demand. These local dairy production units and associated industries are profitable
outlets for agricultural activities in marginal and mountain rangelands of the
Mediterranean basin. They represent a sure way to preserve employment and the use of
pastoral and agricultural land. But the European Community (EC) quota system has resulted
in increased competition for all types of dairy products, including ewes' and goats'
products, by the overproducing northern European countries. In order to preserve their
traditional niche markets, the local small-scale dairy industry operators in the
Mediterranean need to improve quality, hygiene and efficiency.
Existing literature on goat and sheep breeding and products is quite abundant. The problem
is to make it easily available for the potential users. This is precisely the ambition of
the Centre international de ressources et de valorisation de l'information dans les
fili�res laiti�res petits ruminants (CIRVAL). Based in Corte (Corsica, France), in the
heart of the Mediterranean basin, this resource centre started operating in 1995. This
interface project, initiated in late 1994, is funded by the European Union (EU), France
and the Corsican Territory and Departments at the rate of 34, 22 and 44 percent,
respectively. The Dairy Development Group of FAO was associated with its inception under a
French trust fund, has a member on CIRVAL's scientific council and has appointed a dairy
officer for ten months in 1995-1996 to give technical assistance to the local team. CIRVAL
aims to improve access to information (including specific non-referenced information)
through regularly abstracted and user-oriented compilations, using various sources. It has
established a permanent updating of sensitive information, setting up its own database and
organizing professional meetings for the exchange of technology and expertise (Morocco and
Crete, 1995; Corsica, 1996). Finally, it intends to play the role of an interface between
the existing small ruminant networks as a means of circulating and sharing information.
A software package for information processing has been specially designed for CIRVAL and
tested in the last few months. CIRVAL's database is currently being loaded with 2 800
bibliographic notes or digitalized documents, and 8 000 others will be inserted in
the coming months. An extensive team, including external experts connected by Internet in
the whole area, will operate on CIRVAL's database, commenting on bibliographic notes and
participating in the updating and abstracting work. A home page has been prepared on the
World Wide Web by CIRVAL's assistant editor, including an updated agenda of the sheep and
goat sector and technical information. This allows a direct connection with partner
organizations. The Web address is: http://www.corse.inra.fr/cirval/cirval1.htm
Une �pid�mie de fi�vre aphteuse de type A, proche du
s�rotype A 22, s'est d�clar�e dans la r�gion des Balkans au d�but du mois de mai
1996. Les premiers foyers sont apparus dans le district de Korcha dans le sud-est de
l'Albanie o� 10 villages ont �t� touch�s. Les 623 animaux malades ont �t� abattus et
d�truits, et une vaccination en anneau d'environ 260 000 animaux autour de la zone
infect�e a �t� mise en œuvre.
A la fin du mois de juin des cas de maladie sont apparus dans les districts de Skopje et
de Titov-Veles (l'Ancienne R�publique yougoslave de Mac�doine) o� 18 villages ont �t�
atteints. Les 4 369 animaux des villages touch�s, en majorit� des bovins, ont �t�
abattus et d�truits. Les bovins se trouvant autour de la zone infect�e et le long de la
fronti�re avec l'Albanie ont �t� vaccin�s.
Les autorit�s f�d�rales de Yougoslavie ont rapport� la maladie dans le Kosovo sur la
fronti�re avec la Mac�doine le 9 juillet. Le diagnostic, confirm� par le laboratoire
national de Belgrade, a conduit � l'abattage et � la destruction de 3 496 animaux
con-tamin�s et suspects dans le Kosovo.
L'introduction de la maladie dans les Balkans pourrait �tre en relation avec
l'importation de viande en provenance de pays d'Asie ou du Proche-Orient, non indemnes de
fi�vre aphteuse. La Commission europ�enne de lutte contre la fi�vre aphteuse de la FAO
a jou� un r�le majeur pour la mise en place des mesures de contr�le de la maladie dans
chacun des trois pays touch�s et deux r�unions de coordination ont �t� organis�es �
Skopje et � Tirana. L'action de la Commission europ�enne de lutte contre la fi�vre
aptheuse a �t� men�e en concertation �troite et avec le support financier de l'Union
europ�enne qui a fourni le vaccin. Depuis le d�but du mois d'ao�t le front de la
maladie semble stabilis� et une zone de surveillance autour des zones de vaccination a
�t� mise en place.
Au d�but du mois de juillet, un autre �pisode de fi�vre aphteuse du type O est apparu
dans la province d'Evros � l'est de la Gr�ce sur la fronti�re avec la Thrace turque. Au
18 ao�t, 26 foyers avaient �t� rapport�s et environ 20 000 animaux (5 000
bovins et 15 000 petits ruminants) abattus et d�truits. L� aussi, le front de la
maladie para�t maintenant stabilis� gr�ce aux strictes mesures d'abattage appliqu�es
par les autorit�s grecques.
D.C. Herenda and D.A. Franco. 1996. USA, Iowa State University Press/Ames. 335 pp. Price US$99.95.
The Canadian authors of Food animal pathology and meat
hygiene, a textbook on meat inspection originally published in 1991, and co-authors of
the well-received FAO publication Manual on meat inspection for developing countries,
have prepared another textbook, this time focusing on avian species. This new book is a
bound collection of pathological illustrations, supported by descriptive reports of
lesions found at the time of ante-mortem and post-mortem examinations. The 13 chapters
cover diseases grouped according to the most significant lesions, such as cardiovascular,
respiratory, hemic and lymphoid, alimentary and pancreas, liver and biliary, urinary,
reproductive, nervous, musculoskeletal and integumentary, as well as diseases related to
pigments and neoplasia, infectious and non-infections diseases and miscellaneous
conditions, protozoan and parasitic diseases. Most of the poultry disease specimens
described and illustrated in the book were collected during a three-year survey
(1990-1992) in selected poultry abattoirs in Canada and the United States. Poultry
diseases not covered in the chapters mentioned above are dealt with in a chapter entitled
Exotic or unusual diseases of poultry, which contains, among others, diseases well known
in other parts of the world such as avian influenza, Newcastle disease, laryngotracheitis,
infectious bronchitis, fowl pox, etc.
Hazards of meat and food safety (microbiological, residues/chemical and environmental) and
the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system in poultry inspection are
recorded in separate chapters. Ratites, in particular ostriches as a new phenomenon in a
commercial poultry industry, are also the subject of a separate chapter.
The appendixes provide excerpts on poultry and poultry meat from United States Code of
Federal Regulations and from the Canadian Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures.
One of the prominent features of this publication are the many colour photographs of
excellent quality. The book also contains more than 400 colour illustrations, among them
35 on histopathological findings, besides a number of graphs and tables on statistical
data.
The diversity of individual case pres-entations with associated lesions provides a quick
reference for poultry inspectors and veterinarians in the interpretations of lesions and
assists in the final disposition of carcasses and parts. Students in both veterinary
science and agricultural programmes will find this book a valuable reference.
G.H.
The following new titles have recently been released in the Tropical Agriculturalist Series, published by Macmillan Education in association with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA). Books in this series can be obtained from Macmillan Education, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS, UK. Tel. 01256 29242, Fax. 01256 814642.
G.A. Hunter. 1996. 176 pp.
ISBN 0-333-61202-7. Price: �6.75.
This volume is a practical guide for those involved with maintaining and establishing the health of animals in tropical and subtropical regions. It comprehensively explains the causes of animal diseases, how they spread and the means available for their control. It particularly serves the interests of farmers, producers and extension workers in tropical and subtropical regions as well as agricultural students and lecturers worldwide.
M. Steele. 1966. 160 pp.
ISBN 0-333-52309-1. Price: �6.75.
This topic is of particular significance to those involved
in livestock production in developing countries where small ruminants are of increasing
importance in the development of mixed livestock/crops farming systems. It covers all
areas of breeding and raising goats: rearing, nutrition, feeding reproduction, health and
routine husbandry.
Included in some detail are the use of goat meat, fibres, skins and milk production. The
publication will be of interest to a broad cross-section of all those involved in goat
production and marketing.
T. Wilson. 1995. 160 pp.
ISBN 0-333-60012-6. Price: �6.75.
This volume examines the integration of individual animal species into concepts of sustainable agriculture in the tropics - a subject area in which the author has considerable direct experience. As well as providing a background to species and agricultural systems, case-studies provide practical models for livestock husbandry. These studies cover a wide range of systems, including extensive, intensive and peri-urban situations. The information will be of particular interest to students of veterinary science and agriculture in the tropics, extension workers, development organ-izations and government agriculture and environment departments.
B.S.H.
European Association for Animal Production. 1993. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Elsevier Science. 692 pp. ISBN 0-444-88072-0 (hardbound). Price: f. 450.00.
This second completely revised and enlarged edition of the
Dictionary of animal production terminology, in English, French, German, Spanish
and Latin, covers more thoroughly and in considerably greater detail the subjects found in
the two previous editions. The same applies for the production and husbandry sectors which
were previously only superficially covered. This has been made possible by the help of a
large group of well-informed specialists, not only on matters relating to animal
agriculture but also on the most recent advances in science and technology and the
relevant developments in terminology.
The dictionary consists of two main parts. The first part, the basic table, gives in
English alphabetical order a list of words and phrases which are of general use in the
literature and the spoken vocabularies of animal production workers. The expressions are
given in English, French German, Spanish and, where appropriate, also in Latin. The second
part consists of four indexes, listing the French, German, Spanish and Latin expressions
in alphabetical order. The terminology covered in the dictionary includes terms specific
to animal production as well as terms from related basic scientific disciplines such as
biochemistry, economics, genetics, nutrition, physiology, statistics and computer science.
This dictionary will be useful for users involved with animal agriculture in education,
research and development as well as for professionals responsible for interpretation and
translation.
This publication is available from Elsevier Science Publishers, PO Box 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, or Elsevier Science Publishing, PO Box 945, Madison Square
Station, New York, NY 10160-0757, USA.
The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD)
The Camel Newsletter is published by the Camel Applied Research and Development Network (CARDN) as a service to professionals working in the field of camel production. The journal covers all aspects of production including nutrition, disease and reproduction, based on the submission of articles by a wide range of specialists. It is distributed free of charge to institutions. Enquiries should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, ACSAD, PO Box 2440, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.
B.S.H.
FAO Animal Production and Health Paper No. 126.
T.R. Preston. 1995. Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, University of Agriculture and Forestry and
Rome, FAO. 198 pp.
ISSN 0254-6019.
This is the second edition of the manual originally
written by T.R. Preston and published in 1986 as FAO Animal Production and Health Paper
No. 50/2, entitled Better utilization of crop residues and by-products in animal
feeding: Research guidelines - a practical manual for research workers. The manual has
been greatly extended and restructured to reflect the changing role of livestock in a
world committed to sustainable use of renewable natural resources. Emphasis is given to
the opportunities presented by recent progress and trends in exploiting new crops and
cropping patterns that are appropriate and productive in tropical ecosystems.
This book will serve as a useful reference for all those working in animal production and
nutrition in the tropics. It provides scientific as well as practical guidelines for the
design and the conduct of research. It will also be useful to teachers in agricultural
universities and colleges as well as to development workers involved in animal
agriculture.
B.S.H.
