Reproductive Biotechnology Options for Improving Livestock Production: A Review.
Reproductive biotechnology is one of the options which have a role in the improvement of livestock. It is a technology that improves livestock production by improving the reproductive insufficiency of the animal through different techniques. These are artificial insemination, cloning, estrus synchronization, embryo transfer, transgenesis and in vitro fertilization. These techniques are very important techniques to advance livestock production and to meet the people’s demands now-a-day.
Artificial insemination in animals was originally developed to control the spread of disease, avoiding the transport of animals with potential pathogens to other animal units for mating and avoiding physical contact between individuals. The use of semen extenders containing antibiotics also helped to prevent the transmission of bacterial diseases.
Keeping livestock is an important risk reduction strategy for vulnerable communities, and livestock are important providers of nutrients and traction for growing crops in smallholder systems.
In developed countries, livestock accounts for more than half of agricultural production, while in developing countries the share is about one-third. Livestock products contribute 17% to
kilocalorie consumption and 33% to protein consumption worldwide, but there are large differences between developed and developing countries.
where the embryo completes its development. It is the most commonly used biotechnology after artificial insemination and estrus synchronization. Embryo transfer is profitable for producers of
pure-bred animals and genetically superior female that produces more offspring than she could by natural reproduction. It is also used in several species of domestic animals including cows, horses, goats, and sheep.
Adv Food Technol Nutr Sci Open J. 2020; 6(1): 13-20. doi: 10.17140/AFTNSOJ-6-164
