Inra Productions Animales

Working in the Livestock Sector
Special INRA Issue Animal Productions
N. Hostiou, B. Dedieu, R. Baumont
Edition 2012

This issue summarises the most recent productions from animal husbandry in relation to the work theme.Economists analyse the productivity issues. Sociologists address the transformations in relations between the family and the work force and the building of each individual's identity at work. Faced with these major changes, the advice has been able to evolve and develop support for livestock farmers.

Animal Breeding
Special Inra Issue animal productions
P. Mulsant, L. Bodin, B. Coudurier, S. Deretz, P. Le Roy, E. Quillet, J. Perez
Edition 2012

Animal breeding has changed radically in less than ten years with the advent of genomic selection. What are the advantages and drawbacks of this genomic selection over traditional selection? A collective work presents the inventory and prospects of genomic selection of animals (context, selection principles, current or future applications and the technologies behind its efficiency).

Egg Quality
Y. Nys
Edition 2010

This special issue of the INRA Animal Production journal describes how genetics, livestock rearing, nutrition and hygiene are behind the outstanding quantitative and qualitative advances in egg production over the last thirty years.

Robustness, Rusticity, Flexibility, Plasticity, Resilience, etc.
New Quality Criteria for Animals and Livestock Farming Systems
J. Perez, D. Sauvant
Edition 2010 The most high-performing animals are often the most fragile and the most sensitive to disturbances affecting them. Researchers have naturally wondered about the foundations of animal robustness in this themed dossier.

New Issues Surrounding Pig Nutrition and Feeds
Report in the Journal Inra Productions Animales
N. Le Floc'h, H. Quesnel
Edition 2009 This report illustrates the involvement of scientific research in the field of pig nutrition and feeds, with a view to responding simultaneously to every aspect (economic, environmental and social) of sustainability in the pork supply chain.

Green Piggery
INRA Productions Animales, Special Issue
M. Bonneau
Edition 2008 Assessment of the "Porcherie Verte" research programme launched by INRA in 2000: this programme, managed with multiple partners, is aimed at conceiving sustainable systems for porc production.

20 Years of Research in Animal Production at INRA
INRA Productions animales, Special Anniversary Issue
P. Herpin, B. Charley, J. Perez
Edition 2008 This issue presents the major scientific progress made by INRA researchers that had an impact on breeding during the last two decades. It also presents future research perspectives.

Health of Aquacultural Species
INRA Productions Animales, Special Issue, July 2007
H. Pouliquen
Edition 2007

This special issue is a compilation of the latest information in terms of the health of aquacultural species: infectious disease diagnostic tools, emergence, epidemiology and modelling, and ways of managing the risks of these diseases appearing.

Alimentation des ruminants. Inra 2007
J. Agabriel
Edition 2007

Alimentation des ruminants. Inra 2007

Mitochondria and Muscular Biology


Edition 2006 The study of mitochondria is aimed at controlling growth and muscle quality in reared animals and maintain muscle quality in humans during the ageing process.