Current and Future Reproductive Technologies and World Food Production

255 Pages·2014·3.702 MB·English

by  Peter J. Hansen (auth.), G. Cliff Lamb, Nicolas DiLorenzo (eds.)

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 752
G. Cliff  Lamb
Nicolas DiLorenzo E ditors
Current and Future
Reproductive
Technologies
and World Food
Production
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Current and Future
Reproductive
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Food Production
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Pref ace
The title for the 2011 Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting
in Portland Oregon was “Reproduction and the World’s Future.” One of the
mini-symposia during the conference was titled “Reproduction Research and
Its Impact on Feeding the World’s Hungry” and was chaired by Dr. Robert
Cushman (ARS/USDA, Clay Center, NE). The mini-symposium covered the
broad impacts of reproduction technologies on our current livestock, poultry,
and fi sh industries. Shortly after completing the mini-symposium the speak-
ers and chair convened and discussed the possibility of generating a publica-
tion that may expand on the presentations of the mini-symposium. After some
discussion, the result is this comprehensive book with contributions from
experts throughout the world. These contributions provide various points of
view on author perceptions, based on data, of how reproductive technologies
have changed animal, poultry, and fi sh production. In addition, the book pro-
vides an insight on the crucial role that future reproductive technologies may
play in production systems to ensure a sustainable food supply.
It is commonly known that estimations of world population growth indi-
cate that by the year 2050 there will be nine billion habitants on earth. These
estimates impose a tremendous challenge in the current agricultural systems
as food supply will need to increase by 100 % in the next 40 years (Food and
Agriculture Organization, 2009). This could be achieved by two means:
increasing productive resources (land, livestock, and crops) or increasing the
productivity of the existing resources. However, a further expansion of the
agricultural frontier is not likely to happen to a great extent, and certainly not
without incurring an environmental cost. Thus, the refi nement of current
technologies and development of new technologies aimed at increasing the
productivity of resources while minimizing negative environmental impacts
will be critical in order to meet the global food demand in the near future.
During the past 50 years assisted reproductive technologies have been
developed and refi ned to increase the number and quality of offspring from
genetically superior farm animal livestock species. Artifi cial insemination
(AI), estrous synchronization and fi xed-time AI, semen and embryo cryo-
preservation, multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET), in vitro fertil-
ization, sex determination of sperm or embryos, and nuclear transfer are
technologies that are used to enhance the production effi ciency of species used
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for food production. In many cases, the development of these technologies is
responsible for signifi cant changes to traditional production practices. This is
a single publication that addresses the impacts of current and future reproduc-
tive technologies to our world food production that has never been compiled
before. The impacts of reproductive technologies (both traditional and
advanced) will shape future world food supply. As editors, we are proud of
the work that the authors have done to provide a comprehensive overview and
hope that readers fi nd value in some if not all of the chapters.
Marianna, FL, USA G. Cliff Lamb
Nicolas DiLorenzo
Contents
1 Current and Future Assisted Reproductive Technologies
for Mammalian Farm Animals .................................................... 1
Peter J. Hansen
2 Current and Future Reproductive Technologies
for Avian Species ........................................................................... 23
Ramesh Ramachandran
3 Current and Future Assisted Reproductive Technologies
for Fish Species .............................................................................. 33
Gregory M. Weber and Cheng-Sheng Lee
4 Incorporation of Genetic Technologies Associated
with Applied Reproductive Technologies to Enhance
World Food Production ................................................................ 77
Robert A. Cushman, Tara G. McDaneld, Larry A. Kuehn,
Warren M. Snelling, and Dan Nonneman
5 Impacts of Reproductive Technologies on Beef Production
in the United States ....................................................................... 97
Carl Dahlen, Jamie Larson, and G. Cliff Lamb
6 Impact of Reproductive Technologies on Dairy Food
Production in the Dairy Industry ................................................ 115
Jeffrey S. Stevenson
7 Impact of Swine Reproductive Technologies on Pig
and Global Food Production ........................................................ 131
Robert V. Knox
8 Impacts of Reproductive Technologies on Beef Production
in South America ........................................................................... 161
José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos, Ocilon Gomes de Sá Filho,
and Reinaldo F. Cooke
9 An Australasian Perspective on the Role of Reproductive
Technologies in World Food Production ..................................... 181
Graeme B. Martin
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10 A Perspective on the Impact of Reproductive Technologies
on Food Production in Africa ...................................................... 199
Esté van Marle-Köster and Edward C. Webb
11 International Perspectives on the Impacts
of Reproductive Technologies on Food Production in Asia ....... 213
Takeshi Osawa
12 International Perspectives on Impacts of Reproductive
Technologies for World Food Production in Asia Associated
with Poultry Production ............................................................... 229
Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Halima Sultana, and Mitsuhiro Furuse
13 Beef Cattle in the Year 2050 ......................................................... 239
George E. Seidel Jr.
Index ....................................................................................................... 245
Contributors
Vishwajit S. Chowdhury Division for Arts and Science, Faculty of Arts and
Science , Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
Reinaldo F. Cooke Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center , Oregon
State University , Burns , OR , USA
Robert A. Cushman Reproduction Research Unit , U.S. Meat Animal
Research Center , Clay Center , NE , USA
Carl Dahlen Department of Animal Sciences , North Dakota State University ,
Fargo , ND , USA
Ocilon Gomes de Sá Filho Departamento de Produção Animal , Faculdade
de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia—Universidade Estadual Paulista ,
Botucatu , São Paulo , Brazil
Mitsuhiro Furuse Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of Regulation in
Metabolism and Behavior, Department of Bioresource Sciences , Kyushu
University , Fukuoka , Japan
Peter J. Hansen Department of Animal Sciences , D.H. Barron Reproductive
and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and Genetics Institute, University
of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
Robert V. Knox Department of Animal Sciences , University of Illinois ,
Urbana , IL , USA
Larry A. Kuehn USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center , Clay
Center , NE , USA
G. Cliff Lamb North Florida Research and Education Center , University of
Florida , Marianna , FL , USA
Jamie Larson Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences , Mississippi State
University , Mississippi State , MS , USA
Cheng-Sheng Lee Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, c/o The
Oceanic Institute , Waimanalo , HI , USA
Graeme B. Martin UWA Institute of Agriculture M082 , The University of
Western Australia , Crawley , WA , Australia
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