Analysis and definition of the objectives in genetic improvement programmes in sheep and goats (Options méditerranéennes, Série A, n° 43)

This publication originated from a meeting of the Animal Resources sub-network of the FAO-CIHEAM Cooperative Research Network on sheep and goats, held in Zaragoza on 18-20 November 1999. The objectives of the meeting were the revision and definition of the genetic improvement objectives for sheep and goats, from the technical and economic point of view, in different countries and productive situations of the Mediterranean area and in other non-Mediterranean European countries. The meeting was attended by 26 participants from Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey and 18 exposés were given on the subject.