Animal Biotechnology

Animal Biotechnology
Author: Ashish S. Verma
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2013-11-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0123914345

Animal Biotechnology introduces applications of animal biotechnology and implications for human health and welfare. It begins with an introduction to animal cell cultures and genome sequencing analysis and provides readers with a review of available cell and molecular tools. Topics here include the use of transgenic animal models, tissue engineering, nanobiotechnology, and proteomics. The book then delivers in-depth examples of applications in human health and prospects for the future, including cytogenetics and molecular genetics, xenografts, and treatment of HIV and cancers. All this is complemented by a discussion of the ethical and safety considerations in the field.Animal biotechnology is a broad field encompassing the polarities of fundamental and applied research, including molecular modeling, gene manipulation, development of diagnostics and vaccines, and manipulation of tissue. Given the tools that are currently available and the translational potential for these studies, animal biotechnology has become one of the most essential subjects for those studying life sciences. - Highlights the latest biomedical applications of genetically modified and cloned animals with a focus on cancer and infectious diseases - Provides firsthand accounts of the use of biotechnology tools, including molecular markers, stem cells, and tissue engineering

Animal Biotechnology

Animal Biotechnology
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2002-12-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309084393

Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable unease, however, about matters such as safety and ethics. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnologyâ€"key issues that must be resolved before the new breakthroughs can reach their potential. The book includes a short history of the field and provides understandable definitions of terms like cloning. Looking at technologies on the near horizon, the authors discuss what we know and what we fear about their effectsâ€"the inadvertent release of dangerous microorganisms, the safety of products derived from biotechnology, the impact of genetically engineered animals on their environment. In addition to these concerns, the book explores animal welfare concerns, and our societal and institutional capacity to manage and regulate the technology and its products. This accessible volume will be important to everyone interested in the implications of the use of animal biotechnology.

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry
Author: R. Renaville
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2006-04-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0306468875

Animal biotechnology is a broad umbrella encompassing the polarities of fundamental and applied research including molecular modelling, molecular and quantitative genetics, gene manipulation, development of diagnostics and vaccines and manipulation of tissue or digestion metabolism by growth promoters. Although animal biotechnology in the broadest sense is not new, what is new is the level of complexity and precision involved in scientists' current ability to manipulate living organisms. This new book sets out to show that the important ideas in animal biotechnology are exciting and relevant to everyday experience. It represents an important update of the literature for research workers, lecturers, and advisers in animal science, but is also a core text for advanced undergraduate courses in animal science and biotechnology. It will be an essential acquisition for librarians in agriculture and veterinary science.

Animals as Biotechnology

Animals as Biotechnology
Author: Richard Twine
Publisher: Earthscan
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2010
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1849776350

In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals: the biotechnological turn in animal sciences, which aims to increase the efficiency and profitability of meat and dairy production; and the emerging field of critical animal studies - mostly in the humanities and social sciences - which works to question the nature of our relations with other animals. The first part of the book focuses on ethics, examining critically the dominant paradigms of bioethics and power relations between human and non-human. The second part considers animal biotechnology and political economy, examining commercialisation and regulation. The final part of the book centres on discussions of sustainability, limits and an examination of the prospects for animal ethics if biotechnology becomes part of the dominant agricultural paradigm. Twine concludes by considering whether growing calls to reduce our consumption of meat/dairy products in the face of climate change threats are in fact complicit with an anthropocentric understanding of sustainability and that what is needed is a more fundamental ethical and political questioning of relations and distinctions between humans, animals and nature.

Animal Biotechnology 2

Animal Biotechnology 2
Author: Heiner Niemann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 331992348X

This two-volume textbook provides a comprehensive overview on the broad field of Animal Biotechnology with a special focus on livestock reproduction and breeding. The reader will be introduced to a variety of state-of-the-art technologies and emerging genetic tools and their applications in animal production. Also, ethics and legal aspects of animal biotechnology will be discussed and new trends and developments in the field will be critically assessed. The two-volume work is a must-have for graduate students, advanced undergraduates and researchers in the field of veterinary medicine, genetics and animal biotechnology. This second volume is dedicated to genetic tools in animal biotechnology such as somatic cloning, transgenic technologies and the application of stem cells in livestock breeding. Also, ethics and legal aspects are discussed.

Nanotechnology in Modern Animal Biotechnology

Nanotechnology in Modern Animal Biotechnology
Author: Pawan Kumar Maurya
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2019-07-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128188243

Nanotechnology in Modern Animal Biotechnology: Concepts and Applications discusses the advancement of nanotechnologies in almost every field, ranging from materials science, to food, forensic, agriculture and life sciences, including biotechnology and medicine. Nanotechnology is already being harnessed to address many of the key problems in animal biotechnology, with future applications covering animal biotechnology (e.g. animal nutrition, health, disease diagnosis, and drug delivery). This book provides the tools, ideas and techniques of nanoscale principles to investigate, understand and transform biological systems. Nanotechnology provides the ability to manipulate materials at atomic and molecular levels and also arrange atom-by-atom on a scale of ~1–100 nm to create, new materials and devices with fundamentally new functions and properties arising due to their small scale. - Details the basics of nanotechnology, along with comprehensive information on the state-of-the-art and future perspectives of nanotechnology in biosensors - Provides recent perspectives and the challenges of nanomedicine - Provides new insights into the role nanomaterials can play in curing various diseases - Includes the most recent diagnostic methods, such as nanosensors

Animal Biotechnology

Animal Biotechnology
Author: Sarah Lombard
Publisher: Callisto Reference
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2018-02-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781632399144

The branch of biotechnology which uses genetic engineering to modify organisms is known as animal biotechnology. Some of the techniques used in animal biotechnology are recombinant DNA, cloning, etc. Animal biotechnology can improve the growth rate and immunity of an animal. The various studies that are constantly contributing towards advancing technologies and evolution of the field are examined in the detail in this book. It aims to serve as a resource guide for students and experts and contribute to the growth of the discipline.

Advances in Animal Biotechnology

Advances in Animal Biotechnology
Author: Birbal Singh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2019-07-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030213099

This book entitled, “Advances in Animal Biotechnology,” is a compilation of state-of-the-art in the field of Animal Biotechnology including fishery, that are not sheltered in depth in earlier publications. It offers an update on avant-garde technologies and advances in key aspects of genetic engineering, metagenomics, assisted reproduction, animal genomics, biotechnology in veterinary health, as well as the role of gut and marine microbial ecosystems in livestock and industrial development. The book is divided broadly into five different sections, viz., Gut Microbiome and Nutritional Biotechnology, Assisted Reproduction Biotechnology, Livestock Genomics, Health Biotechnology, and Animal Biotechnology in Global Perspective. The book covers the syllabi of Animal Biotechnology courses in various universities, academia and competitive examinations at various levels. Researchers, Continuing Graduates, and Academicians, Research Institutions, and Biotech Companies will be benefited from this valuable compilation of research. Its broad spectrum makes this work a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, academics and students in the field of veterinary and animal production as well as the biotechnology industry.

Animal Biotechnology

Animal Biotechnology
Author: A. K. Srivastava
Publisher: Oxford and IBH Publishing
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2018-04-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9788120416482

Covers the syllabi of animal biotechnology courses offered in various Indian universities. This book offers core knowledge in the field of animal biotechnology in a condensed form to students, researchers and faculty. Contents: Part-A: History of Biotechnology and Milestones / DNA Replication / Transcription and Translation / RNA Splicing / Transposable Elements / Enzymes in Biotechnology / Tools in r-DNA Technology / Genome Organisation in Farm Animals / Part-B: Recombinant Proteins of Clinical Significance / Application of Targeted Ribozymes in Therapy and Developing Disease Models / Baculovirus-Mediated Expression of Heterologous Genes and Its Application in Veterinary Science / Advances in Vaccinology / Molecular Biology of Rumen Microflora and Its Application in Animal Biotechnology / Part-C: Bioinformatics: Applications in Biotechnology / Data Mining in Animal Biotechnology / Telomerase Biology in Animal Cancers: Prospects in Developing Diagnosis and Anticancer Therapeutics / Vaccine Delivery Systems / Immunotherapy / Reproductive Biotechnology / Index