Current and Future Reproductive Technologies and World Food Production

1. Front Matter

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2. Current and Future Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Mammalian Farm Animals

   • Peter J. Hansen

   Pages 1-22

3. Current and Future Reproductive Technologies for Avian Species

   • Ramesh Ramachandran

   Pages 23-31

4. Current and Future Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Fish Species

   • Gregory M. Weber, Cheng-Sheng Lee

   Pages 33-76

5. Incorporation of Genetic Technologies Associated with Applied Reproductive Technologies to Enhance World Food Production

   • Robert A. Cushman, Tara G. McDaneld, Larry A. Kuehn, Warren M. Snelling, Dan Nonneman

   Pages 77-96

6. Impacts of Reproductive Technologies on Beef Production in the United States

   • Carl Dahlen, Jamie Larson, G. Cliff Lamb

   Pages 97-114

7. Impact of Reproductive Technologies on Dairy Food Production in the Dairy Industry

   • Jeffrey S. Stevenson

   Pages 115-129

8. Impact of Swine Reproductive Technologies on Pig and Global Food Production

   • Robert V. Knox

   Pages 131-160

9. Impacts of Reproductive Technologies on Beef Production in South America

   • José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos, Ocilon Gomes de Sá Filho, Reinaldo F. Cooke

   Pages 161-180

10. An Australasian Perspective on the Role of Reproductive Technologies in World Food Production

    • Graeme B. Martin

    Pages 181-197

11. A Perspective on the Impact of Reproductive Technologies on Food Production in Africa

    • Esté van Marle-Köster, Edward C. Webb

    Pages 199-211

12. International Perspectives on the Impacts of Reproductive Technologies on Food Production in Asia

    • Takeshi Osawa

    Pages 213-228

13. International Perspectives on Impacts of Reproductive Technologies for World Food Production in Asia Associated with Poultry Production

    • Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Halima Sultana, Mitsuhiro Furuse

    Pages 229-237

14. Beef Cattle in the Year 2050

    • George E. Seidel Jr.

    Pages 239-244

15. Back Matter

    Pages 245-249

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​​​​​​​​​​​This book addresses the impacts of current and future reproductive technologies on our world food production and provides a significant contribution to the importance of research in the area of reproductive physiology that has never been compiled before. It would provide a unique opportunity to separate the impacts of how reproductive technologies have affected different species and their contributions to food production. Lastly, no publication has been compiled that demonstrates the relationship between developments in reproductive management tools and food production that may be used a reference for scientists in addressing future research areas. ​During the past 50 years assisted reproductive technologies have been developed and refined to increase the number and quality of offspring from genetically superior farm animal livestock species. Artificial insemination (AI), estrous synchronization and fixed-time AI, semen and embryo cryopreservation, multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET), in vitro fertilization, sex determination of sperm or embryos, and nuclear transfer are technologies that are used to enhance the production efficiency of livestock species. 

• Fish
• Livestock
• Poultry
• Reproductive Technologies
• World Food Supply
• Fish and Wildlife Biology

From the reviews:

 

“The purpose is to provide a single publication that addresses the impact of current and future reproductive technologies on world food production. … The intended audience is reproductive physiologists, but the book is useful for therigenologists and veterinary practitioners who are interested in using the data to benefit their large animal clientele. … To my knowledge, there are no other books that summarize the impact that these reproductive technologies have on world food production.” (Jamie Lynn Stewart, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2014)

• University of Florida North Florida Research and Education Ctr, Marianna, USA

  G. Cliff Lamb, Nicolas DiLorenzo

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