Redesigning animal agriculture : the challenge of the 21st century /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Horizons in Livestock Sciences
Other Authors:	Charmley, Edward (Editor), Coffey, Shaun (Editor), Steel, John, 1949- (Editor), Swain, David L. (David Lloyd), 1966- (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
Subjects:	Animal genetic engineering. Livestock productivity. Livestock > Social aspects. Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000) Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000) Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Mathematics and Statistics. Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) Agriculture. Animal ecology. Animal production. Breeding methods. Conferences. Ecological balance. Genetic engineering. Genetically engineered organisms. Genome analysis. Genomes. Livestock. Socioeconomics. Stochastic models. Transgenic animals. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / David L. Swain, Ed Charmley, John Steel and Shaun Coffey
Redesigning Animal Agriculture : a Systemic Perspective / Richard Bawden
Maintaining Vibrant Rural Communities / Margaret Alston
Ethics on the Frontiers of Livestock Science / Paul B. Thompson
The Impact of Genomics on Livestock Production / Ross Tellam
Precision Animal Breeding / Kishore C. Prayaga and Antonio Reverter
Germ Cell Transplantation : a Novel Approach to 'Designer' Animals? / Ina Dobrinski and Jonathan R. Hill
Cloning and Transgenesis to Redesign Livestock / David N. Wells and Goetz Laible
Transforming Livestock with Transgenics : is Designed Resistance to Viral Diseases the Way Forward? / Tim Doran and Luke Lambeth
Towards an Integrated Approach to Stochastic Process-based Modelling : with Applications to Animal Behaviour and Spatio-temporal Spread / Glenn Marion, David M. Walker, Alex Cook, David L. Swain and Mike R. Hutchings
Reef Safe Beef : Environmentally Sensitive Livestock Management for the Grazing Lands of the Great Barrier Reef Catchments / Iain J. Gordon and Brigid Nelson
Meeting Ecological Restoration Targets in European Waters : a Challenge for Animal Agriculture / Penny J. Johnes
Livestock : Fulfilling Social, Environmental and Economic Roles : is it Possible? / David L. Swain and Margaret Gill.