Advances in Fibre Production Science in South American Camelids and other Fibre Animals

Animal fibres from South American camelids and other fibre or wool bearing species provide important products for use by the human population. The contemporary context includes the competition with petrocarbon-based artificial fibres and concern about excessive persistence of these in the natural environment. Animal fibres present highly valuable characteristics for sustainable production and processing as they are both natural and renewable. On the other hand, their use is recognised to depend on availability of appropriate quality and quantity, the production of which is underpinned by a range of sciences and processes which support development to meet market requirements. Such support includes the efforts of the Animal Fibre Working Group (AFWG) of the European Federation of Animal Sciences (EAAP) which was instituted in 2007 and tasked with creating a network for investigation and dissemination of information in Europe and internationally. One task has been the organisation of scientific meetings, and continuing the tradition of previous European Symposia on South American camelids. These include the recent 5th Meeting in Sevilla (Spain: 2010) and 6th Meeting at EAAP, Nantes (France: 2013). References
to these and other meetings, workshops and publications may be found on the AFWG website: http://www.eaap.org/presentation/scientific-structure/commissions-working-groups/animal-fiber-working-group/.
The present publication derives from the 7th European Symposium on South American Camelids and 3rd European Meeting on Fibre Animals (http://www.sympcam.org/). This meeting was held in the conference facility of the Domus Pacis Hotel, Assisi, Italy, on 12 to 14 June 2017. It was organised by Prof Dr Carlo Renieri and his colleagues Dr Attilio De Cosmo, Dr Francesco Fantuz, Dr Antonietta La Terza, Prof Alessandro Valbonesi (University of Camerino),Dr Marco Antonini (ENEA), and Maurizio Gubbiotti (University Marconi, Roma) with support from the scientific board comprising AFWG colleagues. We wish to thank Dario Pediconi, Cristina Nocelli, Irene Pazzaglia, Stefano Pallotti (University of
Camerino) who helped us during the symposium. We also thank all participants who readily agreed to chair sessions or to participate in the Round Table.

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