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"A transgenic animal is one that is genetically modified to carry genes from another species. Transgenic species can be raised to carry potentially useful genes from a variety of species. While the topics of genetic engineering and cloning are controversial, the reality is that these technologies offer tremendous benefits to society - from offering a framework for developing and screening medical therapies, to enhancing the safety and nutrition of the food we eat. One potential application of research into transgenic animal technology is the creation of domestic animals genetically designed to express a certain human disease and therefore serve as models for the study and treatment of human illnesses. Although many mouse models of human diseases are available today, such models in large domestic animals physiologically more similar to humans are sparse and critically needed. Further research in this field will undoubtedly uncover many more direct and indirect benefits of this technology. Transgenic animal technologies and the ability to introduce functional genes into animals have revolutionized our ability to address complex biomedical and biological questions. This well-illustrated handbook covers the technical aspects of gene transfer from molecular methods to whole animal considerations for important laboratory and domestic animal species. It describes methodologies as employed by leading laboratories and is a key resource for researchers, as well as a tool for training technicians and students. This second edition incorporates updates on a variety of genetic engineering technologies ranging from microinjection and ES cell transfer to nuclear transfer in a broad range of animal modeling systems. Key Features. Contains a comprehensive collection of transgenic animal and gene transfer methods. Discusses background and introduction to techniques and animal systems. Teaches practical step-by-step protocols. New section on analysis"

"Transgenic animal technologies and the ability to introduce functional genes into animals have revolutionized our ability to address complex biomedical and biological questions. This well-illustrated handbook covers the technical aspects of gene transfer from molecular methods to whole animal considerations for important laboratory and domestic animal species. It describes methodologies as employed by leading laboratories and is a key resource for researchers, as well as a tool for training technicians and students. This second edition incorporates updates on a variety of genetic engineering technologies ranging from microinjection and ES cell transfer to nuclear transfer in a broad range of animal modeling systems. Key Features. Contains a comprehensive collection of transgenic animal and gene transfer methods. Discusses background and introduction to techniques and animal systems. Teaches practical step-by-step protocols. Fully revised with updates to reflect state-of-the-art technology and associated changes to date"

Transport of Nutrients in Plants provides the study of nutrient movement in plants. The greater part of this book deals with the physiology and cytology of phloem. The first chapter of the text deals with studies on the definition of the cellular pathways of transport. Chapter 2 considers how the mobility of solutes can be measured and the range of chemical species which are moved in xylem and phloem. The next chapter discusses the concepts of velocity and rate. The rest of the book is devoted to the characteristics of phloem transport and the ultrastructure of sieve elements, including such topics as the control of movement, solute-loading and -unloading mechanisms, the dependence of transport upon metabolic energy, bidirectional movement and water movement in phloem. Finally an account is given of the movement of endogenous growth regulators and a brief assessment of 'hormone-directed' transport. Botanists will find the book very interesting and informative.

Livestock sector is a key subsector of the Indian agriculture. It is an important livelihood source for farmers, supporting agriculture and contributing to the health and nutritional security of the household as well as supplementing incomes with employment opportunities. It is emerging as an important growth engine of the Indian economy and has registered a growth of 6.1% per annum. The most effective way to increase livestock productivity and minimize losses from disease morbidity and mortality is by monitoring health, and diagnosis and control of diseases by using effective vaccines. The R & D work on veterinary biologicals in the country has led to successful eradication of three important diseases viz, rinderpest, African horse sickness and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia from the country. Control of several bacterial and viral diseases of cattle and buffaloes (FMD, HS, BQ, anthrax), sheep and goats (PPR, sheeppox, goatpox, enterotoxaemia), pigs (classical swine fever) and poultry (Newcastle disease, infectious bursal disease, avian influenza, infectious bronchitis) is being done through the use of prophylactic vaccines developed by Animal Science Institutes of ICAR. Biologicals developed have been transferred to various commercial manufacturers and state biological production units to ensure adequate supply in the country. The Animal Science Institutes of the Council are continuously toiling to develop better, apt and effective vaccines for livestock and poultry diseases and to improve and refine the current ones in the light of epidemiological findings and contemporary advancement in technology. This is evident from the list of vaccines compiled in this document that includes a sub-viral particle-based recombinant vaccine. Efforts are also going on for the development of DIVAcapable marker vaccines, combined vaccines and thermo-stable vaccines. I am confident that this informative compilation of vaccine technologies developed by the ICAR will help all those engaged in animal health management and disease control in the country.