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TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 21-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.10.001
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Livestock production is an important source of animal protein worldwide. In the developed world meat consumption will remain steady but demand is forecast to grow enormously in developing countries. The use of genomics will speed genetic improvement and increase levels of production quickly in the developed world but might face problems in the developing world, including scientific, economic and political challenges. Considerable increases in public and private research funding will be required to develop and utilize novel tools and collections of detailed trait information on appropriate animals. The development of policies protecting the environment and managing all genetic resources will also be needed. Advances in livestock genomics have major implications for increasing food output as well as improving human health.
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