Modern biotechnological tools for enhancing reproductive efficiency in livestock

Modern Concept in Optimizing Reproductive Efficiency of Seasonal Breeders

Accepted: 29/09/2015 Abstract The control and manipulation of reproduction is the subject of scientific interest for many years. High level of reproductive performance can be achieved under optimum managemental conditions because reproduction is directly affected by various managemental factors. Manipulation of these factors causes changes in reproductive performance. Seasonal breeders are anim...

Transglutaminases as biotechnological tools.

New molecular tools for enhancing methane production, explaining thermodynamically limited lifestyles and other important biotechnological issues

In this special issue a series of articles appear detailing methods of energy generation under different conditions; processes which are related to the future vision of microbes as a source of electric power (Lovley, 2009). Methanogenesis is identified as an important part of the biogeochemical carbon cycle in diverse anaerobic environments. Methane is an important fuel that can be generated fr...

Microbial Enzymes: Tools for Biotechnological Processes

Microbial enzymes are of great importance in the development of industrial bioprocesses. Current applications are focused on many different markets including pulp and paper, leather, detergents and textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemical, food and beverages, biofuels, animal feed and personal care, among others. Today there is a need for new, improved or/and more versatile enzymes in order to devel...

Reproductive biotechnology and gene mapping: tools for conserving rare breeds of livestock.

Today's livestock diversity originated from the wild ancestor species and was subsequently shaped through the processes of mutation, genetic drift, and natural and human selection. Only a subset of the diversity present in the ancestral species survives in the domestic counterparts. A 2007 report released by UN Food and Agriculture Organization 'The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources...