Présente les différents aspects économiques, scientifiques et organisationnels qui ont été pris dans le but d'améliorer la qualité des produits : détection des QTL, , sélection pour une résistance au scarpie des ovins, une résistance à la tremblante, une resistance aux nématodes, pour la qualité du lait et de la viande, pour la morphologie mammaire et facilité de traite... ©Electre 2024

The FAO-CIHEAM Inter-Regional Cooperative Research and Development Network on Sheep and Goats, founded in 1979, aims at improving the cooperation amongst European and Mediterranean experts and at spreading knowledge on specific subjects related to small ruminants, particularly those which may offer useful applications for farmers. This network has backed important progress as regards methods applied to small ruminants, practical applications, laboratory research results and improvement of the quality of sheep and goat products (cheese, carcass, etc.). It also has an important mission of spreading technical and scientific information as well as helping technology transfer.

This publication originated from a meeting of the Sub-Network on Genetic Resources of the FAO-CIHEAM Inter-Regional Cooperative Research and Development Network on Sheep and Goats, one of the sub-networks belonging to this network, held in Sassari, Italy, on 9-11 May 2002. The main objective of the meeting was to present the scientific, organizational and economic aspects to be taken into account by the breeding programmes for improving the quality of products. Topics such as QTL detection, selection for scrapie resistance, selection for nematode resistance, selection for udder health and udder traits, selection for milk and meat quality, breed change and alternatives to the use of hormones in sheep and goat breeding programmes were presented and discussed trough 26 theatre presentations. All these papers gave an overview of the present situation in breeding for disease resistance in sheep and goats and in the scientific and technical possibilities to undertake breeding programmes on milk and meat quality products. After each presentation a few specific questions were debated and a more general discussion was carried out at the end of the sessions. Several topics came out through these discussions mainly concerning methods, results and possible applications in the field.