1. Introduction to Animal Science Technology/Biotechnology
Agriculture as a Science
Course
Animal Science Revision Committee
May 2007

2. What is research? When you look up something
Searching for something (information)
Determining what is best
Studying a given subject

3. What is science? The study of nature and it’s surroundings
The study of how things work
Living things
Chemical reactions

4. Genetic Engineering The movement of genes from one cell to another.
produced two hormones that have improved efficiency in dairy cattle and pork production
Bovine Somatotropin (BST)
Porcine Somatotropin (PST).

5. Embryo Transfer
A process that removes fertilized eggs from a female and places them in another female who carries them until birth
Being used by the livestock industry to improve the quality of their animals
Superior females are now able to produce more offspring than if they were to carry the embryo the full term