Reproductive biology of domestic animals: linkages with veterinary and human medicine

Abstract

Results of research in animal agriculture have affected certain aspects of clinical medicine. The application of biotechnology to human and veterinary medicine involves many techniques used in reproductive biology and applied in animal agriculture. Transgenic animals are being used for the study of specific genetic defects. Biotechnology represents one approach which can be used to examine questions of interest to the biomedical community and establish linkages between animal agriculture, veterinary medicine and human medicine