| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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1. Redesigning animal agriculture: a systemic perspective / Richard Bawden -- 2. Maintaining vibrant rural communities / Margaret Alston -- 3. Ethics on the frontiers of livestock science / Paul Thompson -- 4. The impact of genomics on livestock production / Ross Tellam -- 5. Precision animal breeding / Kishore Prayaga and Antonio Reverter -- 6. Germ cell transplantation -- a novel approach to designer animals? / Ina Dobrinski and Jonathan Hill -- 7. Cloning and transgenesis to redesign livestock / David N. Wells and Goetz Laible -- 8. Transforming livestock with transgenics: is designed resistance to viral diseases the way forward? / Tim Doran and Luke Lambeth -- 9. Towards an integrated approach to stochastic process-based modelling: with applications to animal behaviour and spatio-temporal spread / Glenn Marion, David M. Walker, Alex Cook, David L. Swain And Mike R. Hutchings -- 10. Reef safe beef: environmentally sensitive livestock management for the grazing lands of the Great Barrier Reef catchments / Iain Gordon and Brigid Nelson -- 11. Meeting ecological restoration targets in European waters: A challenge for animal agriculture / Penny J. Johnes -- 12. Livestock -- Fulfilling social, environmental and economic roles -- Is it possible? / David L. Swain and Margaret Gill |
| Summary |
Focusing on livestock production systems, this text addresses how the diversity of global food demands will be met in future, providing insights into scientific areas and the implications for addressing global drivers for change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Livestock productivity.
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Livestock -- Social aspects
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Animal genetic engineering.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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Agriculture.
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Animal ecology.
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Animal production.
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Breeding methods.
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Conferences.
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Ecological balance.
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Genetic engineering.
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Genetically engineered organisms.
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Genome analysis.
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Genomes.
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Livestock.
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Socioeconomics.
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Stochastic models.
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Transgenic animals.
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Animal genetic engineering
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Livestock productivity
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Livestock -- Social aspects
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Gentechnologie
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Tierproduktion
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Tierhaltung
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Umweltfaktor
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Tierzucht
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Surfers Paradise <Queensland, 2005>
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Swain, David L. (David Lloyd), 1966-
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| LC no. |
2006101014 |
| ISBN |
9781845932244 |
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1845932242 |
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9781280953026 |
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1280953020 |
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9786610953028 |
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6610953023 |
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