Genetic engineering in livestock [electronic resource] : new applications and interdisciplinary perspectives / M. Engelhard, K. Hagen, M. Boysen (Eds.)
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 re...
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| Series: | Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ;
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Table of Contents:
- Transgenic farm animals : current status and perspectives for agriculture and biomedicine / Heiner Niemann, Wilfried Kues, Joseph W. Carnwath
- Methods to generate transgenic animals / Louis-Marie Houdebine
- Animal pharming : past experience and future prospects / Angelika Schnieke
- Market development of biopharmaceuticals / Gary Walsh
- Ethical aspects of livestock genetic engineering / Matthias Kaiser
- Assessing the welfare of transgenic farm animals / Cornelis G. Van Reenen.