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Gene-based Technologies for Livestock Industries in the 3rd Millennium, E.P. CUNNINGHAM; Challenges and Opportunities for Controlling and Preventing Animal Diseases in Developing Countries through Gene-based Technologies, J.R. CROWTHER AND M.H. JEGGO; Molecular Genetics and Livestock Selection, JOHN L. WILLIAMS; First Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources , R. CARDELLINO, I. HOFFMANN AND K.A. TEMPELMAN; Development of Germline Manipulation Technologies in Livestock, C. BRUCE A. WHITELAW; DNA Polymorphisms in the Sahiwal Breed of Zebu Cattle Revealed by Synthetic Oligonucleotide Probes, SHASHIKANTH AND B.R. YADAV; Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Vietnamese and European Pig Breeds, N.T.D. THUY et al.; Combining Gene-Based Methods and Reproductive Technologies to Enhance Genetic Improvement of Livestock in Developing Countries, JULIUS VAN DER WERF AND KAREN MARSHALL; Evaluation of the Utility of the Fecb Gene to Improve the Productivity of Deccani Sheep in Maharashtra, India; CHANDA NIMBKAR et al.; Effect of Pregnancy on Endometrial Sex Steroid Receptors and on Prostaglandin F2 Release after Uterine Biopsy in Heifers, ANA MEIKLE et al.; Inventory Analysis of West African Cattle Breeds, D.M.A. BELEMSAGA et al.; A Review of Gastrointestinal Microbiology with Special Emphasis on Molecular Microbial Ecology Approaches, RODERICK I. MACKIE AND ISAAC K.O. CANN; Gene-Based Vaccine Development for Improving Animal Production in Developing Countries, J.R. EGERTON; Current and Future Developments in Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnostics, GERRIT J. VILJOEN et al.; Reverse Genetics with Animal Viruses, TESHOME MEBATSION; Viral Subversion of the Immune System, LAURENT GILLET AND ALAIN VANDERPLASSCHEN; The Molecular Basis of Livestock Disease as Illustrated by African Trypanosomiasis, JOHN E. DONELSON; Vaccination Against Ticks and the Control of Ticks and Tick-borne Disease, PETER WILLADSEN; Development of Marker Vaccines for Rinderpest Virus Using Reverse Genetics Technology, SATYA PARIDA et al.; Evaluation of Diagnostic Tools for Epidemiological Purposes, INGRID BERGMANN et al.;Virus Evolution in the Face of the Host Response , ESTEBAN DOMINGO; Rumen Microbial Genomics, MARK MORRISON AND KAREN E. NELSON; Transgenesis and Genomics in Molecular Breeding of Pasture Grasses and Legumes for Forage Quality and Other Traits, GERMAN SPANGENBERG; Investigation of the Rumen Microbial Community Responsible for Degradation of a Putative Toxin in Acacia angustissima, ERIN M.C. COLLINS et al.; Application of Molecular Microbial Ecology Tools to Facilitate the Development of Feeding Systems for Ruminant Livestock that Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions , G.J. MCCRABB et al.; Effect of Secondary Compounds in Forages on Rumen Micro-organisms Quantified by 16S and 18S RRNA, ELIZABETH WINA et al.; Nutrition-gene Interactions (Post-genomics), GREGORY S. HARPER et al.; Genetic Opportunities to Enhance Sustainability of Pork Production in Developing Countries: a Model for Food Animals, CECIL W. FORSBERG et al.; Ethical, Social, Environmental and Economic Issues in Animal Agriculture, P.C. KESAVAN AND M.S. SWAMINATHAN; Risks of Gene Transfer from GMOs to Livestock, and Consequences for Health and Nutrition, RICHARD H. PHIPPS et al.; Regulatory and Biosafety Issues in Relation to Transgenic Animals in Food and Agriculture, H.P.S. KOCHHAR et al.; Intellectual Property Rights and Gene-Based Technologies for Animal Production and Health, GRAHAM DUTFIELD; Antibiotic Resistance and Plasmids Carriage among Escherichia coli Isolates from Chicken Meat in Malaysia, TIN TIN MYAING et al.; Comparison of DNA Probe, PCR Amplification, ELISA and Culture Methods for the Rapid Detection of Salmonella in Poultry, JAFAR A. QASEM et al.; Control of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy by Genetic Engineering: Possible Approaches and Regulatory Considerations, J.S. GAVORA;....... ;Index.