Animal biotechnology

Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer animals in order to improve their suitability for agriculture, industrial, or pharmaceutical applications. Animal biotechnology has been used to create genetically modified animals that synthesize therapeutic proteins, have improved growth rates or are resistant to disease. It includes all animals: livestock, poultry, fish, insects, companion animals and laboratory animals.



Applications evolved through research have led to the emergence of three scientific agricultural animal biotechnology sectors-

  • Animal genomics
  • Animal cloning
  • Genetic engineering of animals

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