Genetic Engineering in Livestock New Applications and Interdisciplinary Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Engelhard, Margret. (Editor), Hagen, Kristin. (Editor), Boysen, Mathias. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, 34
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biotechnology.; Ethics.; Animal genetics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85843-0

Recently, the first "zoopharming" product has reached market approval: it is a recombinant human protein for medical use that is produced in the milk of transgenic goats. In addition, other transgenic animals, including faster-growing salmon and environmentally friendly" pigs with red...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Transgenic farm animals: current status and perspectives for agriculture and biomedicine
• Novel developments in techniques to generate transgenic animals
• Animal welfare perspectives on the creation of transgenic farm animals
• Assessing the welfare of transgenic farm animals
• Ethical aspects of livestock genetic engineering
• Current developments in zoopharming
• Market development of biopharmaceuticals.