Animal Biotechnology

Biotechnology as any technique, that used living organisms to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. The document focuses on the development and application of modern animal biotechnology based on new enabling techniques of animal tissue culture, genetic and protein engineering, enzyme and recombinant DNA technology, gene cloning, human and animal health, production of anti-microbial drugs, the general manipulation of genes by selective breeding and techniques such as artificial insemination, embryo transfer, etc.

1. Animal Biotechnology: An Overview

2. Cells in Culture: An Introduction

3. Tissue Culture Medium

4. Initiation of Cell Culture - Primary Culture

5. Cell Lines

6. Selection and Cloning of Cells

7. Characterization and Preservation of Animal Cells

8. Scale Up of Animal Cell Culture

9. Fermentors

10. Enzymes in Genetic Engineering (Nucleic Acid Enzymology)

11. Gene Cloning Vectors

12. Techniques for Genetic Engineering

13. Gene Cloning, Gene Transfer and Expression of Induced Genes

14. Artificial Animal Breeding

15. Facts About Transgenic Animals

16. Transgenic Animal Technology

17. Techniques for Producing Transgenic and Smatotransgenic Animals

18. Transgenic Mice

19. Transgenic Fishes

20. Transgenic Sheep and Goat

21. Transgenic Livestock

22. Pharming Transgenic Farm Animals

23. Applications of Transgenic Animals

24. The Future of Transgenic Organisms

25. Immunology and Serology

26. Hybridoma Technology and Monoclonal Antibodies

27. Tissue Grafting and Engineering

28. Gene Therapy

29. Animal Health Biotechnology

30. Antimicrobial Drugs and their Sensitivity Tests

31. Neoplasia

32. Human Pathogenic Viruses and Aids

33. Dna Fingerprinting

Appendix

1. Safety and Regulatory Arrangements in Biotechnology

2. Hepatitis-B (Hb)

3. Monoclonal Antibodies and Lymphatic Filariasis

4. Some Interesting World Wide Web Sites

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Subject Index