Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / J.B. Dent , M.J. McGregor , and A.R. Sibbald -- Preface / Annick Gibon -- A review of current approaches to livestock farming systems in Europe: towards a common understanding / A. Gibon , R. Rubino , A.R. Sibbald , J.T. Sørensen , J.C. Flamant , Ph. Lhoste , and R. Revilla -- Policy pressures and responses in European livestock systems / B. J. Revell and J.R. Crabtree -- Bottom-up pressures on intensive livestock systems / Jan Douwe van der Ploeg -- Pressures on managers of extensive livestock systems / J.E. Vipond -- Integration of livestock farming systems into a beef marketing system / Hubert Gerhardy -- Methods for transfering research findings into farming practice : development of a successful suckled beef system / B. Bastiman and D. Pullar -- Mirandês cattle breed: genetic base and breed improvement / Fernando de Sousa and António Fragata -- Organic dairy farming and nematode parasitism: infection patterns among replacement heifers not preventively treated with anthelminthics / M. Vaarst , H.W. Ploeger , S.M. Thamsborg , and J.T. Sϕrensen -- The changing role of cattle in the mixed farming systems around Bangalore, India / J. Rushton and P.R. Ellis -- The role of cattle and sheep in campesino (peasant) production systems in the highlands of central Mexico / D.J.G. Gonzalez , C.M. Arriaga-Jordan , and V.E. Sanchez -- Extensification of upland sheep systems in Scotland: effects of reduced nitrogen fertilizer and flock size / A.R. Sibbald , R.D.M. Agnew , A.J.I. Dalziel , and S. Guitton -- Lambing season characteristics and its relationship with milk production on the Latxa ewe in the Basque Country / L.M. Oregui , M.V. Bravo , and E. Urarte -- Low input grass/Clover sheep systems / J. R. Jones , M. E. Rees , J. E. Vale , and A. R. Sibbald -- The changing ownership and the production systems in the present Hungarian sheep industry / S. Kukovics , A. Jávor , and A. Molnár -- The production system of the Chios breed of sheep in Macedonia / K. Ploumi , D. Soulopoulos , and S. Savvidou -- Comparison between dairy sheep farming systems under rainfed Mediterranean conditions / N. Fois , G. Molle , S. Ligios , L. Sulas , A. Sanna , and S. Casu -- Fondements d’une approche systémique de l’élevage en régions chaudes: cas des petits ruminants au Sénégal / C.H. Moulin and P. Lhoste -- Using feed calendars to interface feeds with the needs of small ruminants in Syria and Lebanon / A. Goodchild , T. Nordblom , E. Shomo , S. Hamadeh , and R. Wachholtz -- Use of the RICA (farm accounting data network) data bank to identify the constraints of sheep and goat livestock farming systems / M.C. Nencioni and R. Rubino -- Goat production systems in the Mediterranean / A. El Aich , P. Morand-Fehr , S. Landau , M. Napoleone , and A. Bourbouze -- Culling and replacement policies in dairy goat herds of Poitou-Charentes, France / X. Malher , F. Boerlen , and S. Bisseret -- A new open-air rabbit-farming system / A. Finzi and A. Amici -- Methodological approach to evaluate the environmental impact of livestock production systems / Ch. Willeke-Wetstein , A. Schmidt , J.-P. Abresch , J. Steinbach , and S. Bauer -- How can EU livestock policies meet environmental objectives? / J.M. Egdell and J.B. Dixon -- Energy for sustainable livestock production : waste or treasure ? / H.P.P. Kessels , G.W.J. Giesen , Lotan Singh , A.S. Harika , M.D.C. Proost , and J.B. Schiere -- Impact of grazing systems on insects and spiders / P. Dennis , C. Bentley , and J. R. Jones -- Impact de différentes mesures agri-environnementales sur les résultats économiques de troupeaux bovins allaitants naisseurs; cas des Marais de l’Ouest français / A. Havet , E. Lafon , D. Le Saux , and O. Thibaul -- Use of systems modelling in animal nutrition linked to livestock farming systems / D. Sauvant -- Breed choice and pricing system implications for farmers and political institutions from a Swiss cattle farm model / P.R. Amer , A. Kaufmann , and N. Kuenzi -- Modelling the implications of CAP reforms on Scottish farming systems / A. Murray and R. M. Wilson -- Deep Bedded Pack barn milk production systems, analysed in case studies and evaluated by dynamic stochastic simulation / Jens Hindhede , Jan Tind Sϕrensen , and Susanne Clausen -- Dynamic stochastic simulation as an analytical tool in dairy cattle case studies / Jan Tind Sϕrensen , Susanne Clausen , Troels Kristensen , Jens Hindhede , Erik Steen Kristensen , and Carsten Enevoldsen -- Modelling the interrelationships between mastitis and milk production in dairy cows. / F. Lescourret , J.B. Coulon , L. Pérochon , and B. Faye -- Un modèle de recherche sur Ies systèmes laitiers pèriurbains en Afrique subsaharienne / B. Rey , A. Lahlou-Kassi , and G. Mullins -- Modélisation à base de connaissances de systèmes d’élevage en région méditerranéenne / N. Girard and B. Hubert -- Ranching systems in woodland savannah of the guinean zone of Africa -Monitoring of grass regrowth and potential stocking rate through climatic models and GIS (Adélé ranch, Togo) / Ph. Lecomte , A. Buldgen , Ph. Hellemans , and R. Compere -- Modelling upland sheep systems in the UK / N.J. Hutchings and A.R. Sibbald -- Decision making process study: an example from a sheep system experiment in France / J.M. Chabosseau and B. Dedieu -- Stochastic dynamic programming as a framework for decision support in dairy farming / A.W. Stott -- Integrating simulation models to optimise nutrition and management for dairy farms: a methodology / M. Herrero , R.K. Fawcett , and J.B. Dent -- Development and use of a simulation model for tactical and strategic management on dairy farms / G.A.A. van Alem and A.T.J. van Scheppingen -- The role of multiple objective decision making methods in guiding grazing systems development / Murray McGregor , Barry Dent , and Mark Cropper -- A beef system selection model for advisors / R.F. Cameron and R.M. Wilson -- An approach of grouping management practices as a contribution to the study of livestock farming systems / Stéphane Ingrand and Benoît Dedieu -- Conclusions of the Symposium / T.J. Maxwell.

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