Contents

**Preface XI**

Chapter 1 **Securing Sustainable Livestock Production Systems in an Uncertain Economic Climate: Nurturing Flexibility and Resilience 1**

Stéphane Ingrand, Laura Astigarraga, Eduardo Chia, Xavier Coquil, Christophe David and Jean‐Louis Fiorelli

Chapter 2 **Do Organic Livestock Farms Differ from Low-Input Conventional Ones? Insights Based on Beef Cattle in Southern Europe 19**

Alfredo J. Escribano, Paula Gaspar, Francisco J. Mesías and Miguel Escribano

Chapter 3 **Naturalized Breeds in Brazil: Reports on the Origin and Genetic Diversity of the Pantaneiro Sheep 37**

Bruno do Amaral Crispim, Alexandre Campos Banari, Joyce Azambuja de Oliveira, Juliana dos Santos Fernandes and Alexeia Barufatti Grisolia


Chapter 7 **Bacterial Tick-Borne Diseases of Livestock Animals 109** Şükrü Kirkan, Göksel Erbaş and Uğur Parin

## Chapter 8 **Contaminants in Animal Products 129** Emine Baydan, Murat Kanbur, Emre Arslanbaş, Farah Gönül Aydın, Semra Gürbüz and Muhammed Yasin Tekeli
