Genetic modification of livestock has a longstanding and successful history, starting with
domestication several thousand years ago. Modern animal breeding strategies …

Simple Summary Genetically modified farm animals have been actively used in a number of
applications from testing gene functions to increasing production and economic value of …

Humans have a long history in shaping the genetic makeup of livestock to optimize
production and meet growing human demands for food and other animal products. Until …

Animal husbandry is believed to predate farming of crops, and remains a core component of
most agricultural systems. Historic breeding strategies were based largely on visual …

Since centuries, the traits for production and disease resistance are being targeted while
improving the genetic merit of domestic animals, using conventional breeding programs …

In recent years there has been a veritable explosion in the use of genome editors to create
sitespecific changes, both in vitro and in vivo, to the genomes of a multitude of species for …

The human population is growing, and as a result we need to produce more food whilst
reducing the impact of farming on the environment. Selective breeding and genomic …

One of the major burdens on the livestock industry is loss of animals and decrease of
production 2 efficiency due to disease. Advances in sequencing technology and genome …

Animal agriculture faces unprecedented challenges, including the need to increase
productivity to meet increasing demands for high quality protein while combating increasing …

Transgenic animals are an important source of protein and nutrition for most humans and
will play key roles in satisfying the increasing demand for food in an ever-increasing world …