Application of biotechnology to increase livestock productivity in Latin America

  • Arturo Duarte Ortuño Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas
  • Arnoldo Gonzalez Reyna Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas
  • Froylan Andrés Lucero Magaña Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Abstract

Biotechnology has given rise to organisms that improve quality and consistency of foods of animal and plant origin; or that clean up oil spills or eliminate heavy metals from delicate ecosystems. Tissue culture methodology has produced new plant germplasm that increases crop yields, providing farmers with healthier varieties. In the livestock industries healthier products of better quality are being produced in less time than with traditional methods. This document describes some of the molecular methods that have had the greatest impact in increasing livestock production and discusses the present status of the application of research in this regard. In Latin America biotechnology has affected all components of the livestock industries giving rise to a variety of products. However, the most promising biotechnologies are generated in countries where the necessary infrastructure is not subjected to financial constraints; and this situation results in a marked economic dependency on the part of less developed countries that do not invest in advanced technologies that generate patents

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Author Biography

Arnoldo Gonzalez Reyna, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas
FECHA Y LUGAR DE NAC: FEB 26, 1952, CD. VICTORIA, TAMPS., MEXICO, ESTADO CIVIL: CASADO, 3 HIJOS, ESTUDIOS: ING. AGRONOMO, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE TAMAULIPAS, M. Sc. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, PH. D. UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA, ESPECIALIDAD: FISIOLOGIA Y ENDOCRINOOGIA DE LA REPRODUCCION EN RUMIANTES, AREAS DE INTERES, INVESTIGACION, SISTEMAS DE PRODUCCION CON PEQUEÑOS RUMIANTES, BIOTECNOLOGIA DE LA REPRODUCCION, POSICION ACTUAL: PROFESOR DE CARRERA, UAM AGRONOMIA Y CIENCIAS, DIRECTOR GENERAL DE INVESTIGACION Y POSTGRADO, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE TAMAULIPAS.
Published
2011-05-03
How to Cite
Duarte Ortuño, Arturo, Arnoldo Gonzalez Reyna, and Froylan Andrés Lucero Magaña. 2011. “Application of Biotechnology to Increase Livestock Productivity in Latin America”. Archivos Latinoamericanos De Producción Animal 18 (3-4). https://ojs.alpa.uy/index.php/ojs_files/article/view/649.
Section
Invited papers