Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / E.A. Huisman , J.W.M. Osse , D. van der Heide , S. Tamminga , B.J. Tolkamp , W.G.P. Schouten , C.E. Hollingworth , and G.L. van Winkel -- Preface / On behalf of the organizing committee and Bram E.A. Huisman -- Productivity of tropical herbivore assemblages: Nature’s basis for exploitation by Man / H.H.T. Prins -- Towards sustainable agriculture: conflict, conscience, commitment and challenges / T.R. Preston -- Animal production as a socio-economic system: heterogeneity, producers and perspectives / J.D. van der Ploeg -- The use of models in the analysis and management of aquatic and terrestrial animal production systems / M.A.M. Machiels , H.J.M. Udo , and W.L.T. van Densen -- Sustainability, more than just sustainable animal production / M.T. Frankenhuis -- Quantifying livestock production of farming systems in the limestone area of East-Java / Stella Efdé and Teunis van Rheenen -- Environmentally sustainable intensive livestock systems in semi-arid central Tanzania / R.B. Ogle , H. Wiktorsson , and A.P. Masaoa -- Cattle production at regional level in Western Province, Zambia. / F.M. Muneku , C. Vijfhuizen , G.C. Bbalo , and E.C. Chileshe -- The role of cattle in changing mixed farm systems in Pabna, Bangladesh / H.M.J. Udo -- Sustainability of small ruminant production on the Adja Plateau (South Benin) / A. van den Broek and I.T. Gbégo -- Pasture establishment and recuperation with undersown rice on the acid soil savannas of South America / Raul R. Vera , José I. Sanz , Phanor Hoyos , Diego L. Molina , Mariela Rivera , and María C. Moya -- Ecomorphology as a tool in fisheries: identification and ecotyping of Lake Tana barbs ( Barbus intermedins complex), Ethiopia / F.A. Sibbing , L.A.J. Nagelkerke , and J.W.M. Osse -- Sustainable livestock systems in the tropics: a new MSc-programme at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences / P. Fajersson , P. Udén , T.R. Preston , and R.B. Ogle -- The International Foundation for Science / C. Arosenius -- Grazing husbandry based on sustainable nutrient management / C.M.L. Hermans and P.H. Vereijken -- Ethics and environmental aspects of mixed farming: finding sustainable solutions by case studies / Niels Halberg , Erik Steen Kristensen , and Jan Tind Sørensen -- Economic and environmental consequences of different governmental policies to reduce N losses on dairy farms / P.B.M. Berentsen and G.W.J. Giesen -- The influence of restricting nitrogen losses of dairy farms on dairy cattle breeding goals / M.H.A. Steverink , A.F. Groen , and P.B.M. Berentsen -- Feeding management to reduce nitrogen losses in dairy cows / G. Hof and S. Tamminga -- Energy and protein utilization of cows of high and low genetic merit for milk solids production on a high and low input diet / R.F. Veerkamp , G.C. Emmans , J.D. Oldham , and G. Simm -- Partitioning of dietary nitrogen between body components and waste in young growing pigs / P. Bikker , M.W.A. Verstegen , and S. Tamminga -- Breeding goals for intensive but sustainable poultry meat production / F.R. Leenstra and D.A. Ehlhardt -- Between-animal variation in biological efficiency as related to residual feed consumption / P. Luiting , E.M. Urff , and M.W.A. Verstegen -- Physiological determinants to optimize metabolic utilization of dietary amino acids for animal protein production / V.V.A.M. Schreurs , R.A.H.M. ten Doeschate , H.A. Boekholt , and R.E. Koopmanschap -- Energy intake, a graduator for protein retention in animals / H.A. Boekholt and V.V.A.M. Schreurs -- Application of natural activated zeolites in the treatment of highly contaminated wastewaters / N. Ružinski , T. Filipan , and S. Benc -- The effects of production efficiency on animal welfare / D.M. Broom -- Disease control and health in Danish organic dairy herds / Mette Vaarst and Carsten Enevoldsen -- Straw-bedded systems in pig production / D.S. Arey -- Preventative measures in health care in hen houses / L. Carlucci , R.H. Hauser , and D. W. Fölsch -- Use of mathematic models in the search for a sustainable solution to chicken mite problems in poultry houses / Veronika Maurer , Johann Baumgärtner , and Detlef W. Fölsch -- Appropriate technologies for rabbit warrens / A. Finzi , M.J. De Lazzer , and A. Amici -- Preserving genetic variance resources in commercial and non-commercial populations / R.C. Buis , J.K. Oldenbroek , and J.H.J. van der Werf -- The effect of production systems on the behaviour and attitudes of stockpersons / M.F. Seabrook.

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