Genetic Engineering in Livestock New Applications and Interdisciplinary Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Engelhard, Margret (Editor), Hagen, Kristin (Editor), Boysen, Mathias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, 34
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biotechnology.; Ethics.; Animal genetics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.

Recently, the first "zoopharming" product has reached market approval: it is a recombinant human protein for medical use that is produced in the milk of transgenic goats. In addition, other transgenic animals, including faster-growing salmon and „environmentally friendly" pigs with re...

Table of Contents:

• Transgenic Farm Animals: Current Status and Perspectives for Agriculture and Biomedicine
• Methods to Generate Transgenic Animals
• Animal Pharming: Past Experience and Future Prospects
• Market Development of Biopharmaceuticals
• Ethical Aspects of Livestock Genetic Engineering
• Assessing the Welfare of Transgenic Farm Animals.