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eNews:
March
12, 2010
Rescue of the
Buffaloes in Transcarpathia
Buffalos have been a part of
the agricultural scenery in the Danubian basin and the
southern Carpathians for thousands of years. They are the
most northerly representatives of their species. Their
hooves are hard, adapted to the stony ground of the
mountains. Their coat is long, to protect them in the harsh
winters. A compact and bulky body makes the Carpathian
Buffalo a robust survival act. These features clearly
differentiate it from its southern colleagues. The
Carpathian Buffalo has enormous stamina as a draft animal
and the milk and meat produced are delicious. The break up
of the Soviet Union led to the collapse of a coordinated
breeding strategy for the animals in Transcarpathia
(Carpato-Ukraine), the stock numbers declined rapidly and
they were in danger of extinction. The main problems faced
were, as with other species, the old age of the farmers and
the difficulty finding suitable breeding stock, in this case
bulls, to ensure future generations of stock.
Representatives of the SAVE Foundation have been keeping a
careful eye on stock numbers in Transcarpathia since 1998.
At that point in time there were still to be found at four
locations with, between them, 65 animals. Ten years later
there were only 38 animals in three places.
In 2009, together with very
engaged and dedicated local partners from a new association
"Conservation of Agro-Bidiversity in the Carpathians"
(supporting association in Germany: www.karpaten-bueffel.eu)
it was possible, inspired by the ELBARN project, to build up
an Ark and Rescue Centre in Transcarpathia in a disused
collective farm and, thus, create a conservation programme
for Carpathian Buffalos. That the project met an urgent need
can be seen in the rapidity of its development:
- Phase 1: four breeding
bulls were chosen and bought. These were put to use for
interested farmers to service their female
animals.
- Phase 2: female animals
were bought that would have otherwise been sold away from
the breeding area or even sold for slaughter.
- Phase 3: animals could
be returned that were sold years ago to a zoo outside the
area. These animals and their offspring provide a
valuable expansion to the genetic basis of the breeding
group.
By the end of 2009, the
Rescue Centre Saldobosh in Steblivka reached the substantial
number of 19 animals - without endangering but enforcing the
breeding activity in the surrounding area.
The Ark and Rescue Centre
Saldobosh can be seen as a perfect example of how the rescue
of endangered breeds can take place. The project was a
success because a few, highly motivated people and
organisations collaborated ideas and strengths and, also,
found adequate funds in time to finance the purchase of
animals that would have otherwise been lost. SAVE Foundation
thanks for the support of STAB Foundation Zurich and many
donators contributing to the buffalo fundraising in autumn
2009. SAVE wishes further success to the dedicated group at
Saldobosh Rescue Station (see www.arca-net.info,
Ukraine).
=> Further support is
highly appreciated on the account of SAVE Foundation,
DE-Konstanz;
Postbank Hannover, IBAN: DE81 2501 0030 0648 4643 00, BIC:
PBNKDEFF, ("buffalo")
Balkan Network for
endangered livestock breeds:
International Workshop for Breeders and the Rare Breed
Atlas
Background
Between 2004 and 2006 the SAVE Foundation documented and
assessed the situation, occurrence and need for action for
live conservation of the autochthonous livestock breeds of
the Balkans (SAVE eNews 1/2007). Search tours, emergency
planning and also vertical, horizontal and cross-border
networking of the active on the ground keepers were, along
with action for the individual breeds and stock groups, the
main focus of the project. Many small populations of
autochthonous livestock breeds have survived despite the
wars and often massive economic and structural problems.
Alongside the urgent actions for some breeds, first steps
were taken to create a network of people responsible or
interested in the conservation work.
Balkan-Network
2007-2009
In the follow-on project "Balkan Network for endangered
autochthonous livestock breeds; International Workshop for
Breeders and the Rare Breed Atlas" the main focus was placed
upon the strategies of live conservation, information and
knowledge exchange between stakeholders on a horizontal and
vertical level. As a reference point the shorthorn cattle
(Busha, Illyric dwarf cattle, Rhodopian, Brachyceros), was
chosen as this type was originally widespread throughout the
area and is now found in highly endangered small populations
in each country. With the external organisation of the SAVE
Foundation, a crossborder exchange of knowledge and opinions
took place between representatives of all three levels of
the conservation work - government, university,
private/NGOs. Important results of this exchange are:
- Molecular genetic
research on the Busha population
- Development of a
breeding standard
- Breeding register and
herdbook keeping as a prerequisite for subsidies (state
or private)
- Development of breed
associations
- Knowledge exchange,
promotion of live conservation through product
marketing
- Publicity in the
individual countries as well as cross-border.
On the website 'Balkan
Network for Agrobiodiversity' more than 70 stakeholders are
listed. Under the 'Tope Networks' specific articles and
information about shorthorn cat-tle and buffalos can be
found (see www.agrobiodiversity.net/balkan/).
The network is also
effective outside of the Balkan peninsula. Synergies with
other projects, such as the pan-European concerted action
ELBARN (European Livestock Breeds Ark and Rescue Net,
www.elbarn.net)
have led to a more insightful approach to the whole of the
South East European region. In the Arca-Net, the European
network for places that keep rare breeds and plants and are
open to the public (www.arca-net.info),
17 places in the Balkan region fit the criteria and could be
published in the web.
Atlas of Livestock
Breeds
The recently published database "Rare Breeds and
Varieties of the Balkan; Atlas 2009" offers an overview of
the 139 breeds and varieties found in the Balkan countries
(see http://www.agrobiodiversity.net/balkan/).
A version of this documentation can also be downloaded as a
.pdf.
Coaching Tour
Alongside the active networking of the keepers and
people responsible through meetings and workshops, it is
also necessary to look at and discuss the situation on the
ground. It became clear that the special requirements
relating to conservation in small populations were often not
taken into account. Even government agencies and
universities were not aware of the need to spread the
population geographically to minimize the risk of loosing
important stock and to work with a wide genetic basis in
order to ensure long-term conservation.
Future Perspectives
The 'Balkan Network for endangered autochthonous
livestock breeds' has developed into a sustainable
stakeholder network that is prepared to work across the
political, ethnic and religious differences in the region.
Through the conscious networking of the three pillars of
conservation work - the governmental bodies, the
universities and the private keepers - trust was built up
within countries.
The live conservation of
autochthonous livestock breeds can play a vital role in the
Balkan countries, as these locally adapted breeds can live
in marginal conditions and still produce. With the use of
high-performance breeds, farmers are not only placed in the
spiral of economic dependencies, genetic diversity built up
over generations gets lost.
The need for regular
meetings and workshops with an external moderator is great
and helps to bridge the fragile political situation in some
regions of the Balkans.
Rescue Stations are hardly
to be found in the Balkan countries. In the case of
epidemics or natural catastrophes - or, simply, because an
old farmer dies - the animals cannot be brought quickly to
another place. It is urgently necessary to set up a system
of rescue and conservation stations.
The complete activity report
can be downloaded from SAVE website: www.save-foundation.net/deutsch/PDF/Balkan_Schlussbericht_09.pdf.
SAVE Foundation thanks Heidehof Stiftung, Stuttgart, for the
support of the project.
DAGENE - A Regional
NGO of the Danubian Countries
DAGENE (Danubian Countries
Alliance for Conservation of Genes in Animal Species) was
established in 1989 at Bugacpuszta Hungary. The main focus
of the activities are the exchange of knowledge and best
practice of the Danubian countries like Hungary, Austria,
Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania,
Serbia, Bulgaria.
The activities of DAGENE
are:
- Conferences and
workshops in combination with the biannual General
Assembly. During these conferences, field trips of local
autochthonous breeding groups like Podolian Cattle in
Croatia, Tzigai sheep in Hungary, Mangalitsa in Romania
etc.
- Discussion of actual
questions like conservation of rare breeds in small
populations, breeding goals, selection criteria,
cross-border herdbook systems, legal aspects and
responsibilities, data collection and databases, also in
the view of cross-border collaboration takes
place.
- Publications of rare
breeds in the member countries are supported by knowledge
exchange. During the decades of collaboration, the number
of country publications increased
successfully.
- Projects: recently a
cross-border project on the Murinsulaner horse breed
started with support of the ERFP (European regional Focal
Point). Data of 92 mares and 11 stallions were collected
within the four participating countries Austria, Croatia,
Hungary and Slovenia and selected for the registration in
the first volume of an international register. The
effective contact with the national cold blooded horse
breeds is an important aspect of this project with
emphasis on the differentiation from Noriker, Posavina,
Haflinger, Freiberger and other cold blood
breeds.
The activities of DAGENE
took certain impact to the function of governments in order
to subsidize more or less the maintenance of valuable,
endangered genetic resources of domestic animals as part of
the national heritage. But there are still several open
questions to discuss in context with the conservation of
rare breeds in the Danubian countries. DAGENE will stay
active.
The next DAGENE meeting
takes place at Brazi (Transylvania), Romania, 15-17th April
2010. According to the UN year of Biodversity the main topic
is: "Biodiversity is life - Agrobiodiversity is our life".
More information: radnoczil@ommi.hu
Public
Consultation: Questionnaire for stakeholders on possible
approaches to a new EU Animal Health Law
The legal framework of the
new Animal Health Strategy of the EU (2007-2013), referred
to as the Animal Health Law, needs to address some key
cross-cutting issues high-lighted in the strategy:
- assigning responsibility
to the different players and providing incentives for
prevention,
- identifying priorities
for EU intervention and categorising diseases,
- preventing disease,
'biosecurity',
- linking animal health
policy to other relevant Community policies, in
particular on ani-mal nutrition, animal welfare,
zootechnics, food safety and public health,
- converging with
international standards (OIE).
Several problems with the
current legislation have been identified. The main ones are
the need for a more prevention-driven approach to the
Community Animal Health Policy (CAHP) and the complexity of
the legislation. A tentative set of potential responses to
these problems is included in this
question-naire.
SAVE has responded to this
questionnaire end of 2009. The response is based on the
ELBARN Guidelines on Rescue in the Case of Disease (see
www.elbarn.net):
- The situation across
Europe varies widely - people keep animals for different
reasons. From this point of view it would make sense to
provide a framework of minimum requirements within the
new law for states to base their national policy on.
- Many hobby and small
scale farmers do not wish to be registered for various
reasons. In some of the new member states and in more
remote areas of Europe, there are literacy problems and a
large amount of suspicion about administration. This
issue needs to be tackled in order for the legislation to
work effectively. It should be clear that there are
benefits to registering and notifying and that this will
not automatically lead to loss of animals in the event of
disease. Disease prevention is only effective if all the
animals and their places are known to the authorities,
this requires the active and willing involvement of all
stakeholders.
- Incentives to provide
and take part in veterinary training should be given.
Guidelines for this training should be provided,
especially for the new member states.
- The indigenous livestock
breeds of Europe are protected under international
agreements but there is no provision under the OIE
standards for a special status for these animals. In a
state of emergency caused by disease, there is a high
risk that genetically important livestock can be lost.
Any officially designated veterinarian in a
decision-making position should be aware of the risk
status of the various livestock breeds of the member
state and allowances regarding e.g. preventative culling
should be made accordingly. This information can be
obtained through close collaboration with the relevant
national stakeholders. Alongside this, the EU should use
its lobbying position within the OIE to request a special
status for genetically important stock. The protection of
rare breeds ("breeding nucleus animals of susceptible
species indispensable for the survival of a breed") is
already contained within various regulations e.g. EC
2003/85 on Foot and Mouth but this is not known or acted
upon.
- The Continuing
Professional Development of veterinary staff should also
include a module about traditional livestock breeds of
the nation state, their risk status and, also, needs
within an emergency situation. The information required
for this can be obtained from the relevant stakeholders
in the country. The names and contact details of the
officials in charge need to be published, at present the
information chain does not function well. This could be
improved if more information was shared openly. Many
stakeholders have declared themselves, within the context
of the ELBARN project (see www.elbarn.net),
interested and able to provide this information.
- Biosecurity plans should
be compulsory for large scale farms, for which trade is
important. Small scale and hobby farmers will find it
very difficult to come up with workable biosecurity plans
which meet the requirements of the OIE standards. From
this point of view, it is questionable whether farms that
are not involved in import-export trade really need to be
so strongly influenced by these considerations. Local
markets and small scale operators should be protected
from unnecessary costs and administration. In order to
prevent spread of disease, some biosecurity plans do need
to be in place - however, especially in the case of
genetically important livestock, a special status is
required that would allow for e.g. protection through
vaccination without this having an effect on trade.
Therefore, it is again suggested that the EU uses its
valuable lobbying position within the OIE to request for
a special status for genetically important livestock
(especially including indigenous breeds).
- Hobby keepers of
genetically important stock should be registered and
should take part in the surveillance programme. However,
it is to be assumed that there will be some resistance on
the part of the hobby keepers; therefore the surveillance
programme should take part within structures that they
already know and trust. Sur-veillance networks of
endangered livestock breeds can be set up by the relevant
national organisations or e.g. mandated to the SAVE
Foundation.
- The need for a kind of
"rescue centre" for indigenous breeds, with a special
status under animal health law, has been highlighted by
SAVE Foundation for a number of years. Without some kind
of systematic emergency response system in place, there
is an increased risk that livestock breeds that are
protected under international agreements will be lost in
the event of a disease. An emergency response system is a
prerequisite to the fulfilling of the "Global Plan of
Action" (FAO 2007). Through the project European
Livestock Breeds Ark and Rescue Net, this idea has been
discussed with stakeholders throughout Europe. There is a
general consensus that the indigenous livestock breeds
need a special status in the event of disease. It is also
clear that some holdings will also need a special status
- how many holdings required depends on the amount of
breeds per country, the risk status of these breeds and
also their geographical distribution and whether or not a
breeding organisation is in existence. A number of
holdings which are prepared to take on a special status
have already been identified and contacted. A list of
these holdings will be available by May 2010. The exact
nature of the status they will have is still to be
clarified. The OIE concept of "compartmentalisation"
seems to be the most relevant in the case of genetically
important indigenous livestock breeds.
- Furthermore, it was
stressed that: EU standards are high and should remain
so; it is impossible to build a consistent strategy based
on inconsistent terminology.
Q-Fever in the
Netherlands
The Q-fever (Q = query) was
described scientifically for the first time in 1937 at
slaughterhouse workers as a disease of unknown cause in
Australia. Q-fever is an acute febrile disease triggered by
the bacterium Coxiella Brunetii. Natural reservoir of the
bacteria are cattle, sheep, goats, cats, wild animals and
ticks. Infected animals often show no symptoms but excrete
the pathogens in large quantities especially at births and
at spontaneous miscarriages. Infection in humans occurs by
inhalation of bacteria in dust and direct contact with
infected animals or animal products. Recently in the
southern Netherlands, increased cases of Q-fever occurred.
The authorities partially reacted very strict and ordered
the killing of pregnant goats and sheep in the affected
regions. These killings took place regardless of stocks of
endangered indigenous breeds.
On February 25th 2010 a
conference on the Q-fever, organized by the Dutch Ministry
of Agriculture, the University of Wageningen and the
National Animal Health Service was held in Breda, the
Southern Netherlands. General results of this conference
were:
- Q-fever is a general
underestimated, underlisted and underdiagnosed zoonosis
in the whole world.
- Q-fever is present in
all kind of animals, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs,
cats, dogs, wildlife and humans. Can be spread by ticks.
Most human infections are related to sheep, goat, cattle
and cats (Canada)
- Further harmonisation of
monitoring and reporting of Q-fever in Europe is
necessary. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) is
preparing a scientific opinion on the significance of
Q-fever, and on risk factors and control options in
animal populations.
- Vaccination of ruminants
with Coxevac (CEVA) is very efficient. It reduces the
number of abortions in a herd and also reduces the amount
of shedding during lambing.
- Hygienic measures are in
place, like carefully destroying afterbirth material,
births in confined locations, disinfection of these
locations afterwards and treating the manure with lime or
calcun cyamide and later not spread in windy
conditions.
- People that are at risk
like farmworkers, abattoir workers, vets and people
living in rural areas can be protected by vaccination
(Australia).
- Only in The Netherlands
culling has been used as an measure to prevent the
spreading of Coxiella Brunetii (Q-fever)
bacterias.
It is hoped that the Dutch
Ministry of Agriculture based on this information, the
situation on motions and appeals received by the farmers and
other ways to prevent this zoonosis is as before.
Newsflash
4th European Seminar on
AgroBiodiversity and SAVE Meeting 2010
The Annual Meeting of SAVE Foundation and the SAVE
Network will take place at Castle Criewen, northeast of
Berlin, 3-5 September 2010. It is combined with the
4th European Seminar on AgroBiodiversity (topic:
"AgroBiodiversity - a crucial part of Biodiversity") and is
organized in collaboration with SAVE partner VERN e.V. and
the German-Polish Academy Castle Criewen at National Park
Lower Oder Valley, Brandenburg (detailed information in the
next SAVE eNews). Excursions will lead to the famous Variety
Garden of rare cultivated plants of VERN e.V. at
Greiffenberg and the spacious Ark Farm Liebenthal, where
they keep also feral breeds as the Liebenthal feral horse
(for more information see www.wildpferdgehege-liebenthal.de).
UN Year of
Biodiversity
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International
Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth
and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is
invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of
life on earth: biodiversity. Con-cerning AgroBiodiversity
several actions will take place throughout Europe. See:
http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome.
Film "DIVERSEEDS: Plant
genetic resources for food and agriculture"
This film was released in May 2009. It shows the
importance of agricultural diversity in crops as a safeguard
for global food security. The DVD includes a 50 min.
documentary plus 15 short films on different topics (e.g.
landraces, ex-situ conservation, Svalbard Global Seed Vault,
fertile crescent). Please have a look at: http://www.diverseeds.eu/DVD.
In case you are interested, you can order the DVD directly
at: http://www.diverseeds.eu/DVD/order_DVD.html
ELBARN Questionnaire for
Identification of Rescue Centres:
The ELBARN questionnaire was distributed amongst
European stakeholders between December 2008 and May 2009.
The purpose of the questionnaire was to identify potential
Ark and Rescue Centres throughout Europe and to gain an
overview of the state of European agrobiodiversity. The Ark
Centres suggested by participants are being verified through
online research and contact. Once they have been verified as
suitable for inclusion as an Ark Centre, the details will be
entered into the database, which can be searched on both
www.elbarn.net
and also
www.arca-net.info.
The potential Rescue Centres are being verified by direct
contact. Once it has been verified that the centre exists
and that they agree to be used as a Rescue Centre, the
contact details will be added to a list. This list will be
made available to those people who will need to deal with
emergency situations. It is still possible to send details
of potential Ark and Rescue Centres! If you know of one,
please send the details to elli@elbarn.net.
The full report of the results: http://tinyurl.com/yhya5cl
New logo selected for all
EU organic products
The "Euro-leaf" design shows the EU stars in the shape
of a leaf against a green background. It is a very
straightforward sign containing two clear messages: Nature
and Europe. The new organic logo will come into force 1st of
July 2010. Source: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index.htm
Important Dates
(excerpt):
19 March: Research meeting
on "Strewing Fruit Cultivation" (Streuobstanbau), Stuttgart,
Germany. Contact: schmieder@uni-hohenheim.de
19-21 March: Annual General
Meeting of the European Federation of City Farms, Bristol,
UK. Contact: efcf@vgc.be,
Web: http://www.cityfarms.org
25-27 March: "Let's liberate
diversity" 5th Meeting of European Seed Initiatives in Graz,
Austria. Contact: info@liberate-diversity-graz2010.org,
Web: http://www.liberate-diversity-graz2010.org/
25-28 March: European Animal
Fibre Week at Santuario di Oropa, Biella, Italy. Contact:
info@biellathewoolcompany.it,
Web: http://www.biellathewoolcompany.it
13-15 April: 5th
International Exhibition for Flower Business, Horticulture,
Nurseries, Landscape design and Floristry, Kiev, Ukraine.
Web: http://www.flowers-hortech.com/en/exhibition-next_general.aspx
15-17 April: International
Dagene Meeting "Biodiversity is life - AgroBiodiversity is
our life" at Brazi (Retezat region), Romania. Contact:
ipate.iudith@gmail.com
22-23 April: 11th
International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for
Rural Development 2010", Jelgava, Latvia. Contact:
zane.bulderberga@llu.lv,
Web: http://www.ef.llu.lv/index.htm?p=2
26-29 April: IAALD 13th
World Congress: "Scientific and Technical Information and
Rural Development", Montpellier, France. Web:
http://iaald2010.agropolis.fr
30 April - 1 May:
SAVE/Amaltheia Workshop on breeding rare livestock breeds;
at Schimatari, Greece. Contact: info@monitoring.eu.com
or amaltheia.zoagr@gmail.com
1-6 May: 4th "Market of wool
products and textile art" at Bergerie Nationale de
Rambuillet, Paris, France. contact: atelier5@orange.fr,
Web: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/atelier.laine
5-6 May: Globaldiv - Eureca
"Livestock Biodiversity Workshop" at FAO, Rome, Italy.
Contact: sipkejoost.hiemstra@wur.nl,
Web: http://www.regionalcattlebreeds.eu
6-7 May: 5th Organic Forum
"Processing and Trade of Organic Food, Non Food and Organic
Raw Materials", Warsaw, Poland. Web: http://www.organic-marketing-forum.org
8 May: International day of
the Donkey "Mobilization and Promotion for Donkeys".
Contact: asstute@lantic.net,
Web: http://www.donkecology.com
13-18 June: BGCI 4th Global
Botanic Gardens Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Web:
http://www.4GBGC.com
28 June - 1 July: Internat.
Symposium "Innovation & Sustainable Development in
Agriculture and Food - ISDA 2010"; Montpellier, France,
http://www.isda2010.net
4-7 July: Workshop "Mountain
food products: A special system of provision", Vienna,
Austria. Contact: markus.schermer@uibk.ac.at
22-27 August: 28th
international Horticultural Congress "Science and
Horticulture for People", Lisbon, Portugal. Web:
http://www.ihc2010.org
23-27 August: 61st Annual
Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
(EAAP),Heraklion, Island of Crete, Greece. Contact:
info@eaap2010.org,
Web: http://www.eaap2010.org
29 August - 2 September:
23rd General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation,
Kiel, Germany: Contact: egf2010@email.uni-kiel.de,
Web: http://www.egf2010.de
1 September: Day of prayer
for the environment of the Orthodox Church (Ecumenical
Patriarchate of Constantinople). Web: http://patriarchate.org/environment
3-5 September: 4th European
Seminar on Agrobiodiversity: "AgroBiodiversity - a crucial
part of Biodiversity"; Annual meeting of SAVE Foundation and
the European SAVE-Network (together with VERN e.V.) on
Castle Criewen, Brandenburg, Germany. Contact:
office@save-foundation.net
13-16 September: ECP/GR
Meeting "On-farm Conservation and Management WG" Madeira,
Portugal. Contact: bioversity-ecpgr@cgiar.org
15-17 September: Forum
Carpaticum "Integrating Nature and Society towards
Sustainability", in Krakow, Poland. Contact:
office@forumcarpaticum.org,
Web: http://www.forumcarpaticum.org
15-19 September: Conference
2010 of the European Federation of City Farms and
celebration of the 20th anniversary of EFCF at Bokkleslot
City Farm, Kortijk, Belgium. Contact: efcf@vgc.be,
Web: http://www.cityfarms.org
22-25 September: 2nd
Conference on "Native Breeds and Plant Varieties as part of
natural and cultural heritage" with international
participation; at Porec (Istria), Croatia. Contact:
kaps@dzzp.hr,
Web: http://www.dzzp.hr/News-012010KAPS_Announcement.htm
September: 6th
Interdisciplinary Interuniversity Conference " The
Integrated Development of Mountainous Areas", Metsovo,
Greece. Contact: mirc@central.ntua.gr
27 September - 2 October:
European Days of "Strewing Fruit Cultivation" in connection
with the "European Cultural Village" Kirchhein, Austria.
Contact: info@landobstland.org,
Web: http://wwwlandobstland.org
29 September: European
Agrobiodiversitäy Day EAD; Topic 2010:
"AgroBiodiversity - a crucial part of Biodiversity". PR
event for AgroBiodiversity with various activities of all
kind of stakeholders in their respective countries. Contact:
info@monitoring.eu.com
14-16 October: 7th
International Symposium on Mediterranean Pig, Cordoba,
Andalucia, Spain. Contact: Emiliano.DePedro@uco.es,
Web: http://www.uco.es/congresos/cerdomediterraneo
27-29 October: Symposium
"Animal Farming and Environment Interactions in
Mediterranean Region" at Zadar, Croatia. Contact:
medit.zadar2010@unizd.hr,
Web: http://www.unizd.hr/zadar2010
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Further information is available
from:
SAVE Foundation, Head Office, Joseph-Belli-Weg 5, D-78467
Konstanz / Germany
E-mail:
<office@save-foundation.net>
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