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Animal Biotechnology: Science-Based Concerns
feral species, 87
food safety, 62
inserts, 45
marker genes, 44-45
pathogens, 7 , 19 , 23 , 37 , 44-45 , 56 , 62 , 65
xenotransplantation, 56
Beef and dairy cattle, 7 , 8-9 , 12 , 16-17 , 19 , 20 , 24 , 39 , 63-64 , 70-71 , 83
animal health and welfare, 94 , 95
bovine somatotropin (BST), 28 , 109
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE), 37 , 63
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, 37
embryo splitting (EMS), 63-64
genetic diversity, 49
immunodeficiency virus, 53
knockout techniques, 37
milk and milk products, 5 , 7 , 8 , 12 , 16-20 (passim), 24-28 (passim), 34 , 51 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 70 , 71 , 81 , 85 , 102 , 109 , 113
nuclear transfer, 40 , 63-64
regulatory issues, 62
steroids, 27
Bioactivity, 7 , 66 , 69-71
Biomedical applications, see Medical Applications
Birds, see Avian species;
Poultry and eggs
Blastodermal cells, 35
Blastomere nuclear transfer (BNT), 8 , 18 , 25-27 , 31 , 63-64
Boiler chickens, see Poultry and eggs
Bovine somatotropin (BST), 28 , 109
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 37 , 63
Breeding, conventional, 3 , 23-24 , 26 , 80 , 104
animal health and welfare, 93-95
artificial insemination (AI), 4 , 9 , 12. 19 , 23-24 , 65 , 77 , 93-95
food safety, 65
genetic diversity, 48-49
germline modification and, 42
historical perspectives, 4 , 20-21
marker-assisted selection and, 28-29
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Cancer, 43-44
leukemia, 46 , 47 , 52-53
Cats, 10 , 46 , 53 , 83 , 87
Cell cultures, 35
animal health and welfare, 94-96
knockout/knockin techniques, 38
marker genes, 45
nuclear transfer, 40
pharmaceuticals, 52
transposons, 37
xenotransplantation, 55-56
Cellular biology, general, 6 , 31 , 35 , 69
see also DNA;
RNA
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 113-114
Center for Veterinary Medicine, 114 , 114
Chickens, see Poultry and eggs
Chromosomes, 35 , 48 , 95
see also DNA
Cloning, 12 , 15 , 25-27 , 31
animal health and welfare, 100-102 , 104-105 , 107
blastomere nuclear transfer (BNT), 8 , 18 , 25-27 , 31 , 63-64
committee study at hand, methodology, 2 , 4 , 8-9
defined, 18
embryo splitting (EMS), 8 , 26 , 63-64
food safety, 61 , 63-65
genetic diversity reduced through, 48-49
somatic cell nuclear transfer, 5 , 18 , 39-40 , 47-49 , 61 , 64 , 100-102