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. Hodges Livestock Production Science 63 2000 159 –200
13th National Congress of the Italian Scientific was re-elected Director-General of FAO for a second
Association for Animal Production ASPA six year term by the member countries of FAO. Dr.
Diouf is the first African to hold this post. EAAP ´
This Congress was held at the Universita Catolica sends congratulations and good wishes for continued
di Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy from 14–21 June excellent co-operation between FAO and EAAP both
1999. The main themes centred around problems of of whom have their headquarters in Rome, Italy.
quality of animal products and human health. In addition to this theme, eight main lectures and 189
refereed papers discussed recent developments in
INTERBULL
molecular genetics and new strategies for animal selection, animal welfare, alternatives to the use of
INTERBULL has appointed two new members at antibiotics in animal nutrition, new discoveries in the
the INTERBULL Centre at the Swedish Agricultural field of bovine lactation, perspectives of intensive
University. They are Dr. Ulf Emanuelson Sep- and extensive livestock farming in Europe in the
tember 1998 and Dr. Hossein Jordani November light of the EU directives. Research reports covered
1998. Dr. Georgios Banos is taking sabbatical from the most important aspects of animal production,
the summer of 1999 from the Swedish Agricultural including aquaculture.
University. Dr. Banos will be at the Aristotle Uni- At a symposium on ethics in the biotechnology
versity in Thessaloniki, Greece. During his sabbatical and its use in animal production and research which
Dr. Banos is maintaining close contact with INTER- was organized during the Congress, views and
BULL especially around the periods when bull position of various philosophical schools and religi-
proofs are evaluated. ous communities, including the one of the Catholic
Church, were presented. Proceedings of the ASPA XIII Congress have been edited by Gianfranco Piva
International Service in National Agricultural
and collaborators and published by Franco Angeli Research ISNAR
srl. Milan, Italy, under the title ‘‘Recent Progress in Animal Production Science. 1’’, ISBN 88-464-1535-3.
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