Flavie Luce Goutard senior epidemiologist 1 , Marion Bordier PhD candidate , Clémentine Calba research assistant , Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel head of science and new technologies department , Delfy Góchez chargée de mission , Katinka de Balogh senior officer , Carolyn Benigno antimicrobial projects coordinator , Wantanee Kalpravidh regional manager , Francois Roger director 1 , Sirenda Vong regi...

Biodiesel is a promising alternative, and renewable, fuel. As its production increases, so does production of the principle co-product, crude glycerol. The effective utilization of crude glycerol will contribute to the viability of biodiesel. In this review, composition and quality factors of crude glycerol are discussed. The value-added utilization opportunities of crude glycerol are reviewed....

The trade in soybean, an important animal feed product, exemplifies the environmental and socio-economic impact of global markets and global agricultural policy. This paper analyses the impact of increasing production of soybean in the exporting countries (deforestation and grassland conversion) as well as in importing regions (decrease in permanent grassland by substitution of grass as feed). ...

A questionnaire was sent to the 167 Member Countries of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in 2004 and 2005. The organisation and functioning of national Veterinary Services were analysed based on the responses from 85 of these countries. Leaving aside variations between countries, Veterinary Services are very involved in animal health and food safety controls at farm level (includi...

Basic and applied research on microbial cellulases, hemicellulases and pectinases has not only generated significant scientific knowledge but has also revealed their enormous potential in biotechnology. At present, cellulases and related enzymes are used in food, brewery and wine, animal feed, textile and laundry, pulp and paper industries, as well as in agriculture and for research purposes. I...