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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF GENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION
“LOCAL BREEDS TO SEMIARID ZONES”
June 8th to 11th, 2004; RECIFE
Organization: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Objective: To publicize Local Genetic Resources and their potential to arid and semiarid zones in Brazil
Support: CAPES, CNPq, CYTED and IGA
Presentation
of “CYTED XII-H Network and Actions in Latin America” CYTED Network.
Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo (Espanha)
Panel I - Genetic Resources
Conservation in Semiarid Regions
Presentations:
Goat and Sheep resources and their potential
Dr. Edgard Cavalcanti Pimenta Filho- UFPB-Brazil
Improvement and Conservation of Sheep and Goat Genotypes in the Semiarid Region
Dra. Maria Esperanza Camacho Valejo (Espanha)
Genetic Diversity Maintenance in Improvement Programs
Dr. Luiz Telo da Gama , INIA, (Portugal)
Panel
II – Production Systems Panel
Production Systems of Sheep and Goat in the semiarid region
Dr. Evandro Vasconcelos Holanda Junior CPASA–Embrapa (Brazil)
Social Impact of local breeds in family production system
Dra. Clara Marineli Silveira Luiz Vaz- Embrapa-(Brazil)
Panel
III –Food and Nutrition of Genetic Resources
Presentations:
Goat and Sheep Nutritional Aspects in the Semiarid Region
Dra. Ângela Maria Vieira Batista, UFRPE, (Brazil)
Goat and Sheep Feeding Strategies in the Semiarid Region
Dra. Adriana Guim, UFRPE, (Brazil)
Panel
IV – Reproductive Performance of Local Genetic
Resources
Presentation:
Sheep and Goat Reproductive Aspects in the Semiarid Region
Dr. José Alberto Delgadillo Sánchez- UAAA-(México)
Sheep and Goat Reproduction Management Strategies in the semiarid region
Dr. Aurino Alves Simplício-EMBRAPA-(Brazil)
Panel
V – Products Quality (meat, milk and skin)
Meat: Dr. Arisvaldo Nunes Medeiros –UFPB-(Brazil)
Milk: Dra. Rita de Cássia Medeiros –UFPB-(Brazil)
Skin: Manuel Antonio Chagas Jacinto –EMBRAPA-(Brazil)
Contact
(to get the proceedings):
Maria Norma RIBEIRO
Country Representative of BRAZIL
Dep of zootecnia Universidad Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. D. Manoel de Medeiros
S/N
Dos Irmaos, RECIFE PE BRAZIL CEP 52171 - 900
CEP 52171 - 900
mn.ribeiro@uol.com.br