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GM technology: a tool to benefit livestock production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

R.H. Phipps  and
A. Cockburn
R.H. Phipps
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
A. Cockburn
Affiliation:
Monsanto Company, Maris Lane, Cambridge CB2 2LQ, UK
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The limitations to livestock production are numerous and varied but are applicable to a greater or lesser extent in both developed and developing countries. Crop factors that limit livestock production include inadequate quality (e.g. crop residues such as maize stover) and quantity of feed resources with an inconsistent supply due to extremes of climate (e.g. low rainfall and high temperatures), the presence of anti-nutritional factors and toxins (e.g. trypsin inhibitors, glucosinolates, gossypol, mycotoxins), and deficiencies of specific nutrients (e.g. amino acids and minerals).

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 33: Responding to the Livestock Revolution , 2004 , pp. 247 - 258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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