This approach will be applied in the selection scheme of the Belgian Blue breed. Other species are presently investigated. Leptine and fat deposition Leptine is know to act on the fat deposition. Also, molecular and endorcinological methods are developed to investigate the role of this factor in bovine and swine. The objectives is to determine the possibility to select early interesting animal for this factor.
Anabolic compounds are illegaly used in many countries.
Also, we investigate at the molecular and endocrinological levels different parameters affected by anabolic compounds that can be used in an indirect method of detection. Molecular study of the BLV Bovine leukaemia virus is studied as a model for human leukaemia. Different molecular methods are used to analyse the virus, the membrane protein, the receptor and finally, the gene encoding for this virus. On the Internet since 7 October 1996.