Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

The application of scientific and The application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing engineering principles to the processing or production of materials by animals or or production of materials by animals or aquatic species to provide goods and aquatic species to provide goods and services (NRC 2003). services (NRC 2003).

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

Functional FoodsFunctional Foods: : foods that have a foods that have a potentially positive potentially positive effect on health effect on health beyond basic beyond basic nutrition (Mayo nutrition (Mayo Clinic)Clinic)

EX: Oatmeal (contains EX: Oatmeal (contains soluble fiber that can soluble fiber that can help lower help lower cholesterol levels)cholesterol levels)EX: Orange Juice EX: Orange Juice (fortified with (fortified with calcium)calcium)

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

Artificial Artificial inseminationinsemination: the : the process of process of collecting sperm collecting sperm cells from a male cells from a male animal and animal and manually manually depositing them depositing them into the into the reproductive reproductive tract of a femaletract of a female

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

Embryo Transfer: a process of implanting a fertilized ovum in a uterus

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

In Vitro In Vitro FertilizationFertilization: : procedure in procedure in which eggs are which eggs are fertilized with fertilized with sperm in a dish. sperm in a dish.

Resulting embryos Resulting embryos can be used for can be used for embryo transfer or embryo transfer or frozen frozen (cryopreserved) (cryopreserved) for future usefor future use

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

CloningCloning: creation : creation of an organism of an organism that is genetically that is genetically identical of identical of anotheranother

Two Ways: Two Ways: Artificial Embryo Artificial Embryo Twinning & Twinning & Somatic Cell Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Nuclear Transfer (SCNT)(SCNT)

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

Stem Cell Stem Cell ResearchResearch: : process of process of changing changing undifferentiated undifferentiated cells into cells into specialized cellsspecialized cells

Two Types of Cells Two Types of Cells Used: Embryonic Used: Embryonic and Adult and Adult

Animal Animal BiotechnologyBiotechnology

Transgenic Transgenic AnimalsAnimals: animal : animal that carries a that carries a foreign gene that foreign gene that has been has been deliberately deliberately inserted into its inserted into its genomegenome

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