Animal biotechnology is an integral component of agriculture. Supported with over 50 figures and more than 30 tables, this textbook is a must have for undergraduates and postgraduates of various agriculture and animal husbandry academia, teachers, professionals, and researchers in basic as well as applied animal sciences including biotechnology, nutrition, physiology and reproduction. The book covers various topics, including economically important livestock breeds, paradigm shifts in livestock production, biotechnology in animal nutrition and in livestock-assisted reproduction, and genomics and genetic engineering tools in livestock production and management.

This book entitled, “Advances in Animal Biotechnology,” is a compilation of state-of-the-art in the field of Animal Biotechnology including fishery, that are not sheltered in depth in earlier publications. It offers an update on avant-garde technologies and advances in key aspects of genetic engineering, metagenomics, assisted reproduction, animal genomics, biotechnology in veterinary health, as well as the role of gut and marine microbial ecosystems in livestock and industrial development. The book is divided broadly into five different sections, viz., Gut Microbiome and Nutritional Biotechnology, Assisted Reproduction Biotechnology, Livestock Genomics, Health Biotechnology, and Animal Biotechnology in Global Perspective. The book covers the syllabi of Animal Biotechnology courses in various universities, academia and competitive examinations at various levels. Researchers, Continuing Graduates, and Academicians, Research Institutions, and Biotech Companies will be benefited from this valuable compilation of research. Its broad spectrum makes this work a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, academics and students in the field of veterinary and animal production as well as the biotechnology industry.

Covers the syllabi of animal biotechnology courses offered in various Indian universities. This book offers core knowledge in the field of animal biotechnology in a condensed form to students, researchers and faculty. Contents: Part-A: History of Biotechnology and Milestones / DNA Replication / Transcription and Translation / RNA Splicing / Transposable Elements / Enzymes in Biotechnology / Tools in r-DNA Technology / Genome Organisation in Farm Animals / Part-B: Recombinant Proteins of Clinical Significance / Application of Targeted Ribozymes in Therapy and Developing Disease Models / Baculovirus-Mediated Expression of Heterologous Genes and Its Application in Veterinary Science / Advances in Vaccinology / Molecular Biology of Rumen Microflora and Its Application in Animal Biotechnology / Part-C: Bioinformatics: Applications in Biotechnology / Data Mining in Animal Biotechnology / Telomerase Biology in Animal Cancers: Prospects in Developing Diagnosis and Anticancer Therapeutics / Vaccine Delivery Systems / Immunotherapy / Reproductive Biotechnology / Index

The study of all elements of animals is included within the scope of the scientific discipline known as zoology. Despite the fact that it is a very vast scientific discipline, zoology is really a subfield that falls under the more general umbrella of biology. Animal biotechnology is a subfield of biotechnology that involves the use of methods from molecular biology to the process of genetically engineering, or altering the genomes of, animals with the goal of making them more suitable for use in agricultural, industrial, or medicinal settings. The incorporation of animals into agricultural biotechnology is essential. It is put to use in the scientific and technical communities to bring about the creation of new species. This textbook on applied zoology and animal biotechnology covers a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to economically relevant livestock breeds, shifts in the paradigm of livestock production, the application of biotechnology to animal nutrition, and aided livestock reproduction. The application of genomics and GE technologies in cattle farming and management is another topic that receives a lot of attention in this book. This book presents the most cutting-edge techniques now available for farming poultry and shellfish. This book explores the potential of stem cell research and genetic engineering to improve the nutritional value of fish. Describes the biotechnology that is used in the production of food and milk.

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Animal biotechnology, which is the art and science of producing genetically engineered animals, has advanced in the past few years, and it has now become possible to generate animals with useful novel properties for use in various areas like dairy, biomedicine and so on. This book offers a reasonably comprehensive introduction to the broad and diverse field of animal biotechnology by integrating information from many areas of this field to give the readers the basics of essential concepts and methods and an understanding of how the field is evolving and what developments are on the horizon. The easy-to-read format and numerous illustrations will help students to understand the concepts easily.

Biotechnology is a highly multidisciplinary subject and has got its foundation in many fields including biology, microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, chemistry and chemical and processing engineering. Application of biotechnology in medicine and agriculture has been a recent phenomenon. Modern biotechnological processes now encompass a wide range of new products including antibiotics, recombinant and nucleic acid vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, recombinant therapeutic products like recombinant insulin, growth hormones, prolactin and gene therapy, production of transgenic animals and plants and use of embryo biotechnological methods and stem cells to augment animal production and human therapy, respectively. Animal biotechnology is in its infancy and only during the past ten years, much work has been done in animal biotechnology in few isolated laboratories throughout the world. There is an increasing need to train manpower in animal biotechnology. Even though many colleges are offering courses in Biotechnology for the students, there is no single text book available covering all the aspects of animal biotechnology for the students. This book on Animal Biotechnology has been written to meet out the requirements of both undergraduate and postgraduate students on the subject of biotechnology. There are seventeen chapters in this book covering different aspects of animal biotechnology including enzyme technology, gene therapy, biotechnology in medicine, Intellectual Property Rights and biosafety in biotechnology. Many up-to-date references on most of the topics have been included so that it would be a reference book for postgraduate students studying biotechnology and molecular biology. This would be a useful book for students who are writing competitive examinations for fellowship. With my extensive experience in teaching and research in Animal Biotechnology I have compiled this book to provide students the basic principles of animal biotechnology, current information on different topics of biotechnology, as well as information on Intellectual Property Rights and biosafety guidelines to be adopted in the laboratories.

Biotechnology as any technique that used living organisms to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. Biotechnology as any technique that used living organisms to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. Animal biotechnology in use today is based on the science of genetic engineering. Under the umbrella of genetic engineering exist other technologies, such as transgenics and cloning, that also are used in animal biotechnology. Immunology is the study of the immune system and is a very important branch of the medical and biological sciences. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defence. If the immune system is not functioning as it should, it can result in disease, such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. Immunity is a biological term that describes a state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. Immunity involves both specific and non-specific components. The non-specific components act either as barriers or as eliminators of wide range of pathogens irrespective of antigenic specificity. Other components of the immune system adapt themselves to each new disease encountered and are able to generate pathogen-specific immunity. This book sums up information about Animal Biotechnology and is a valuable tool for students as well as teachers. The aim of this book is to provide the readers materials on the subject in a lucid and readable form so as to enable the research scholars, scientists, zoologist and even the common men to understand the subject properly.