Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I

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.