11:067:300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Exercise Physiology, Genetically Modified Organism, Cloning
17 May 2016
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Animal science department changes: less species-specific units less focus on only agriculture: ecology, natural resources, biology, animal welfare. More focus on research: katz: reproductive behavior of goats, mckeever: equine exercise physiology, williams: pasture management and equine physiology, cohick: breast cancer, bello: mice. Farmers used to be 33%, now about 1% 1965: 6. 8 million farms, 2012 only 2. 1 million (loosing 10-15% per year) Population increasing (1 b every 7 sec, 1 d every 13 sec) means increasing demand for food. Genomics: improved breeds, faster breeding, quality, trait certification: transgenic animals: better feed efficiency.
