Animal and insect biotechnology Chapter 9

1. Introduction
   1. animal agriculture
      1. animals
      2. not just for meat
   2. Selective breeding
      1. aim
      2. plateau
      3. speed
2. Genetic manipulation and transgenic animals
   1. Pro-nuclear infection
      1. goal
      2. process
      3. limitation
      4. limited successes
      5. mastitis
      6. n-3 fatty acid production story
      7. production of human proteins/pharmaceuticals in transgenic lactating animals
   2. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)
      1. first done
      2. process
      3. Dolly
      4. efficiency
      5. life span
3. Genetically engineered hormones and vaccines
   1. Bovine
      1. recombinant production
      2. use
      3. approval
      4. problems
   2. Pig
      1. use
      2. problems
   3. Animal vaccines
4. Animal organs for human patients
   1. organism
   2. reason for rejection / enzyme deleted
5. Genetically modified insects
   1. Why
   2. Disease research focuses
   3. Economics research focuses
   4. Sterile insect technique (SIT)
6. A look to the futureDiagnostics in plant and animal agriculture
   1. past
   2. Now
   3. Assays
      1. Immunoassays
      2. NA probes
      3. how help
      4. examples