Encyclopedia of agriculture and food systems. Volume 1 / editor-in-chief, Neal K. Van Alfen.

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E9780444525123v1; FrontCover; Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems; Editorial Board; Contributors to Volume 1; Guide to Using the Encyclopedia; Subject Classification; Preface; Contents of All Volumes; Advances in Animal Biotechnology; What is Animal Biotechnology?; Earliest Animal Biotechnology; Assisted Reproductive Technology; Artificial Insemination; History of artificial insemination; Spermatozoa extraction and storage; Insemination procedure; Advantages of artificial insemination; In Vitro Fertilization; History of in vitro fertilization; Oocyte extraction and fertilization.

Culture of embryosEmbryo transfer in in vitro fertilization; Advantages of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; Embryo Flushing; Advantages of in vitro fertilization embryo production over embryo flushing; An in vitro fertilization technique: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Cloning; History of cloning; Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Procedure; Along Came Dolly; Current State of Animal Cloning; Cloning on the Wild Side; Production of Transgenic Animals; Genome Editing; Precision Editing Opens a World of Possibilities for Transgenics; Transgenic Technologies for Food and Other Products.

Transgenic Animals Can Provide New and Improved ProductsLess smelly pig; From Egg to Plate in Half the Time: Speedy Salmon Promise Profit; GloFish: GM Pets That Brighten Homes and Hearts; More -- and better -- meat on their bones; Not your mother's milk; Baa baa, transgenic sheep, have you any wool?; Green Pigs Light the Way for Biomedical Research; Silk in milk; Biopharming: Transgenic Animal Advances in Medicine and Research; Complex Protein Production; Human Disease Models; Xenotransplantation; Transgenic Animals with Increased Disease Resistance; Mad Cow Disease; Foot and Mouth Disease.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory SyndromeAvian Influenza Viruses; Antimicrobials; Biotechnology Enhances and Advances Selective Breeding; Genetic Screening of Breeding Stock; Genomics on the Dairy Farm: More Accuracy and Less Expense; Risks and Regulations; Human Health Concerns; Food Safety Concerns; Animal Health and Welfare Concerns; Environmental Concerns; Regulation of Animal Biotechnology; United States; European Union and China; Multimedia Annexes; PDF on Artificial Insemination; PDF on In Vitro Fertilization.

PDF of the Food and Drug Authorities Final Guidelines on Genetically Engineered AnimalsPDF on Molecular Markers; See also; References; Relevant Websites; Advances in Pesticide Risk Reduction; Introduction; Pesticides in the Environment; Pesticide Fate; Pesticide fate during manufacturing and transport; Pesticide fate during and after application; Pesticide fate during disposal; Pesticide fate models; Pesticide Effects; Pesticide effect models; Strategies to Reduce Pesticide Risks; Regulation and Control of Pesticides: Registration; Regulatory risk assessment models.

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Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Second Edition addresses important issues by examining topics of global agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the challenges we face. Questions it addresses include: Will we be able to produce enough food to meet the increasing dietary needs and wants of the additional two billion people expected to inhabit our planet by 2050?Will we be able to meet the need for so much more food while simultaneously reducing adverse environmental effects of today's agriculture practices?Will we be able t.