Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry

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 book sets out to show that the important ideas in animal biotechnology are exciting and relevant to everyday experience. It represents an update of the literature for research workers, lecturers, and advisers in animal science, but should also prove a useful text for advanced undergraduate courses in animal science and biotechnology.