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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446342203321

Titolo

Redesigning animal agriculture : the challenge of the 21st century / / edited by David L. Swain ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CAB International, c2007

ISBN

1-280-95302-0

9786610953028

1-84593-224-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SwainDavid L <1966-> (David Lloyd)

Disciplina

636

Soggetti

Livestock productivity

Livestock - Social aspects

Animal genetic engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at the third Horizons in livestock sciences conference series.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Redesigning Animal Agriculture: a Systemic 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 Cell 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 Spread10. 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?; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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.