J. Warren Evans Department of Animal Science Texas A&M
University College Station, Texas 77843 In the near future,
improvement of domestic animals for the production of food and
fiber is poised to undergo a revolution by the utilization of
recent breakthroughs and advances in molecular genetics, embryo
manipula tions, and gene transfer systems. Utilization of these
techniques will have a wide impact on animal agriculture by
improvement of production effi ciency via manipulation and control
of many physiological systems. The end result will be to decrease
production costs, increase food production and quality, and lower
food costs. Health and well being of domestic and other animals
will be improved as a result of new methods of disease diagnosis,
vaccine production, and disease prevention practices. Genetic
engineering also offers the possibility of utilizing animals for
the development of pharmaceutical products to benefit society.
Research progress will be en hanced via manipulation of the gene
pool. The objectives of this Conference were to discuss the current
status of animal bioengineering and to realistically assess the
potential applica tions of current and future genetic technologies
for the production of food and fiber to meet the needs of our
hungry world, and to provide animal sci entists who may wish to
utilize bioengineering in current or future re search programs with
current background information regarding concepts, ap plications,
and methodologies."
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