Mediterranean breeds of cattle, sheep and goats
Creators
- 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (Italy). Animal Production and Health Div.
Description
Breeds of cattle, sheep and goats in the Mediterranean region are considered. Cattle: original longhorned breeds in Spain, Portugal and southern France; original shorthorned breeds in North Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and Sardinia; Grey Steppe in Balkan lowlands and central and southern Italy; Brown Swiss and its crosses in parts of Spain, northern Italy, north-west Turkey and the Maghreb; Simmental in Yugoslavia and Hungary; Friesian now dominant in western Europe and spreading in North Africa, the Near East and eastern Europe. Sheep: original coarse woolled thin tailed breeds in Algeria, Morocco, parts of Spain, Portugal, Italy and the Balkans; Merino in Spain has produced new breeds in Portugal, southern France, and Italy and is now being used in the Balkans, Turkey and Egypt; fat tailed coarse woolled breeds in Africa and Asia from Tunisia to Turkey. Goats: short eared dairy breeds in Spain and Italy; black, long haired, lop eared, screw horned goats from Turkey to North Africa; Maltese (dairy) goats in several countries. (author). 3 refs, 1 tab
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA.
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (Austria)
- ISBN
- 92-0-111088-X
- Imprint Title
- Isotope aided studies on livestock productivity in Mediterranean and North African countries
- Imprint Pagination
- 379 p.
- Series
- Panel proceedings series.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 23-30.
Conference
- Title
- Final research co-ordination meeting on optimizing grazing animal productivity in the Mediterranean and North African regions with the aid of nuclear techniques.
- Dates
- 23-27 Mar 1987.
- Place
- Rabat (Morocco).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Austria
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 19027242
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANIMAL BREEDING; BUFFALO; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOATS; PRODUCTIVITY; SHEEP
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; MAMMALS; RUMINANTS; VERTEBRATES