Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I : Welfare, Health and Breeding - Simões, João.; Gutiérrez, Carlos; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
Section I Sustainability and Socio-Economic Aspects in Goat Production -- 1 Introductory -- 2 Sustainability of Local Goat Genetic Resources in the Mediterranean Region -- 3 Socio-economic Aspects of Goat Farming in Arid Environments -- 4 Innovative use of sheep and goats by women in climate smart villages in Kenya -- Section II Reproductive Strategies and Genetic Improvement -- 5 Reproductive strategies for goat production in adverse environments -- 6 Using socio-sexual stimulations for sustainable goat productions under subtropical latitudes -- 7 Genetic improvement for goat production -- 8 Threatened goat breeds from the tropics: the impact of crossbreeding using foreign goats -- Section III Goat Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders -- 9 Murciano-Granadina Goat Nutrition Including Local Feed Resources -- 10 Synergies between goat grazing and shrub biomass in mountain areas -- 11 Goat meat production in resource constrained environments and methods to improve quality and yield -- 12 Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Goats -- Section IV Health Management and Public Health -- 13 Major infectious diseases with impact in goat production in North Africa -- 14 Tropical diseases in goats -- 15 Haemoparasitism of Goats and Sheep -- 16 Understanding Mastitis in Goats (I): Etiophysiopathology Particularities.-17 Understanding Mastitis in Goats (II): Micro-biological Diagnosis and Somatic Cells Count -- 18 Paratuberculosis and Tuberculosis in Goats -- 20 Study of Microbiological Safety of Goat Milk Products by Meta-Analysis -- Section V Climate Change, Environmental and Nutritional Stressors, and Goat Welfare -- 21 Climate Change and Goat Agriculture Interactions in Mediterranean Region -- 22 Impact of Adverse Environmental Stress on Productive and Reproductive Performance in Osmanabadi Goats -- 23 Health and welfare of indigenous breeds of Dairy Goats in Greece -- 24 Heat Stress Effects on Water Metabolism of Goats in Harsh Environments -- Section VI Conservation Priorities of Goat Populations -- 25 Conservation and utilization of indigenous goat breeds in China -- 26 Genomics for the Improvement of Productivity and Robustness of South African Goat Breeds -- 27 Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers Based Diversity and Population Structuring of Indian Goats -- 28 Analysis of Conservation Priorities of Goat Populations from Southwestern Europe Based on Autosomal Microsatellite Markers.
Keywords: Agriculture; Veterinary medicine; Vertebrates; Animal physiology; Biodiversity; Agriculture; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Vertebrates; Animal Physiology; Biodiversity