Animal Husbandry in Warm Climates : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Animal Husbandry in Warm Climates, Viterbo, Italy, 25-27 October 1990

Considered as a whole, the animal production system is one of the most complex, because of the numerous factors involved in the production process and the wide variations in types of husbandry. In the temperate zones of the planet, particularly in the Western part of the Northern hemisphere, the past decade has seen the development of increasingly intensive husbandry systems.

These operate under more or less favourable conditions adapted to the factors involved in the production process.

Studies in physiology, genetic, nutrition and feeding have provided the fundamental instruments for development and intensification of livestock rearing. How much of this scientific and technical knowledge can be applied to the development of livestock farming in high temperatures?

How can it contribute to increased animal production in hot areas?

What should be the new lines of specific research in the unfortunate eventually of new areas of the world developing higher temperatures as a consequence of the "greenhouse effect"?All these problems, which received an airing at a Viterbo conference, are problems in which the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) is heavily involved by statutes, tradition and actual activities.