From: Livestock 2.0 – genome editing for fitter, healthier, and more productive farmed animals
Genetic modification/transgenesis | |||
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Trait | Species | Transgene | Reference(s) |
Increased growth | Pig | Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) | |
Salmon | GH (Chinook salmon), promoter (Ocean pout) | [38] | |
Larger ratio of n-3 to n-6 fatty acids | Pig | Fat-1 (Caenorhabditis elegans) | |
Reduction of the environmental impact through phosphorous & nitrogen release reduction | Pig | Phytase (Escherichia coli) | [44] |
Phytase (E. coli), xylanase (Aspergillus niger), β-glucanase (Bacillus lichenformis) | [45] | ||
Avian influenza resilience | Chicken | shRNA decoy (synthetic) | [48] |
Mastitis resilience | Goat | Lysozyme (human) | [50] |
Cow | Lysostaphin (Staphylococcus simulans) | [52] | |
PRRSV resilience | Pig | Histone deacetylase HDAC6 |