Applications of Gene-Based Technologies for Improving Animal Production and Health in Developing Countries

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Makkar, Harinder P.S (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Viljoen, Gerrit J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Biochemical engineering.; Agriculture.; Biochemistry.; Engineering.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Engineering, general.; Animal Biochemistry.; Biochemical Engineering.

Modern Biotechnology has potential for solving many problems associated with animal productivity and health and offers exciting opportunities for enhancing agricultural productivity. At present the focus is, however, on the issues and problems of significance for livestock producers in the developed...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• From the Contents: Gene-based Technologies for Livestock Industries in the 3rd Millennium
• Challenges and Opportunities for Controlling and Preventing Animal Diseases in Developing Countries through Gene-based Technologies
• Molecular Genetics and Livestock Selection
• First Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources
• Development of Germline Manipulation Technologies in Livestock
• DNA Polymorphisms in the Sahiwal Breed of Zebu Cattle Revealed by Synthetic Oligonucleotide Probes
• Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Vietnamese and European Pig Breeds
• Combining Gene-Based Methods and Reproductive Technologies to Enhance Genetic Improvement of Livestock in Developing Countries
• Evaluation of the Utility of the Fecb Gene to Improve the Productivity of Deccani Sheep in Maharashtra
• India; Effect of Pregnancy on Endometrial Sex Steroid Receptors and on Prostaglandin F2 Release after Uterine Biopsy in Heifers
• Inventory Analysis of West African Cattle Breeds
• Index.