Redesigning animal agriculture [ the challenge of the 21st century

Focusing on livestock production systems, this text addresses how the diversity of global food demands will be met in future, providing insights into scientific areas and the implications for addressing global drivers for change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swain, David L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI , c2007
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2007/20073245166.pdf

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505 0 |a 1. Redesigning animal agriculture: a systematic perspective -- 2. Maintaining vibrant rural communities -- 3. Ethics on the frontiers of livestock science -- 4. The impact of genomics on livestock production -- 5. Precision animal breeding -- 6. Germ cel transplantation-a novel approach to 'designer' animals? -- 7. Cloning and transgenesis to redesign livestock -- 8. Transforming livestock with transgenics: is designed resistance to viral diseases the way forward -- 9. Towards an integrated approach to stochastic process-based modelling: with applications to animal behaviour and spatio-temporal spread -- 10. Reef safe beef: environmentally sensitive livestock management for the grazing lands of the great barrier reef catchments -- 11. Meeting ecological restoration targets in European waters: a challenge for animal agriculture -- 12. Livestock - fulfilling social, environmental and economic roles - is it possible? 
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