ENVIROPIG

ENVIROPIG

1. INTRODUCTION: Enviropig is the trademark for a genetically a modified line of Yorkshire pigs.It has genetically modified salivary glands, which help them digest phosphorus in feedstuffs and reduce phosphorus pollution in the environment

2. TRANSGENIC METHODS:

3. HOW IT WORKS?

4. ADVANTAGES:

   • Reduced production cost
   • Environment Friendly
   • Advanced technology
   • Nutrient Management Friendly

5. FACTS:

   • Enviropigs produce the enzyme phytase in their salivary glands
   • certain genes that could be unstable during reproduction or impractical in commercial use.

6. CRITICISM:

   • In the end, there are no more Enviropigs,so any approval to be used in the public is out the window
   • The research and public funds if, no one wants the technology

7. APPLICATIONS:

   • Alternative to livestock pigs
   • Reduced phosporous contamination in the environment
   • Used for human food

8. DISADVANTAGES:

   • Discharges phytase is an environment poluutant
   • Their pork didnt enter the food chain
   • Breeding problem occurs
   • They are commercially unavailable

9. COMPARISON

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