Session 26 - Strategies to cope with feed scarcity in harsh environments

Theatre Presentations

• Principles of adaptation in domesticated ruminants to life in harsh environments
  Silanikove, N. - nsilanik@agri.huji.ac.il
• Effects of feed scarcity and of alternative feeding strategies on ruminants meat quality
  Priolo, A. - a.priolo@unict.it
• Lamb meat production in alpine regions
  Ringdorfer, F. - ferdinand.ringdorfer@raumberg-gumpenstein.at
• Alternative feed resources to improve ruminant performances in harsh environments
  Ben Salem, H. - bensalem.hichem@iresa.agrinet.tn
• Research developments on cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) as forage for ruminant feeding systems in dry areas: Review
  Tegegne, F., C. Kijora and K.J. Peters - firewtegegne@yahoo.co.uk
• Fodder trees utilization and constraints to adoption in the Ethiopian highlands
  Mekoya, A., S.J. Oosting and S. Fernandez-Rivera - mekoyaabebe@yahoo.com
• Adaptation strategies of small ruminants production systems to environmental constraints of Semi-Arid areas of Lebanon
  Dick, C.I., A.M. Ghanem and S.K. Hamadeh - shamadeh@aub.edu.lb
• Intensification of integrated crop-livestock systems in the dry savannas of West Africa
  Hansen, H.H. - han@kvl.dk

Posters

• Researches to elaborate a cheap and easy method for silage inoculation applicable in small farms
  Vintila, T. - teovinti@yahoo.com
• Effect of protein supplementation on growth performance and carcass characteristics of sheep under grazing conditions
  Sepehri, A., M. Aghazadeh and A.R. Ahmadzadeh - ahad.sepehri@gmail.com
• Diversification of lamb production in Spanish dry mountain areas: Carcass characterization
  Sanz, A., R. Delfa, L. Cascarosa, S. Carrasco, R. Revilla and M. Joy - asanz@aragon.es