On 6-10 October 2003, an international symposium on "Applications of gene-based technologies for improving animal production and health in developing countries", jointly organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and FAO, was held in Vienna, Austria. The book of extended synopses is now available. There were four theme-specific sessions, covering gene-based technologies i) applied to livestock genetics and breeding ii) applied to pathogens and hostpathogen interactions iii) applied to plants, rumen microbes and systems biology iv) in environment, food safety and animal industry and related ethical and intellectual property rights issues. See http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d3/mtc/synopses.pdf or contact [email protected] for more details.

25/10/2003