ABSTRACT

Jean-François Hocquette, Hamid Boudra, Isabelle Cassar-Malek, Christine Leroux, Brigitte Picard, Isabelle Savary-Auzeloux, Laurence Bernard, Agnès Cornu, Denys Durand, Anne Ferlay, Dominique Gruffat, Diego P. Morgavi and Claudia Terlouw

5.1 INTRODUCTION

A major goal of animal science research today is to contribute towards the development of sustainable livestock systems in agreement with social expectations, or in other words reconciling socio-economic viability, environmental friendliness, product quality and animal well-being. To achieve this goal, researchers have various levels of approach at their disposal (territory, farms,

CONTENTS

5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................95 5.2 Principles of ‘Omics’ Approaches ..........................................................................................96