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Mind Map by mubeena Basheer, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by mubeena Basheer
about 6 years ago
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ENVIROPIG
- 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
- TRANSGENIC METHODS:
- HOW IT WORKS?
- ADVANTAGES:
- Reduced production cost
- Environment Friendly
- Advanced technology
- Nutrient Management Friendly
- Reduced production cost
- FACTS:
- Enviropigs produce the enzyme phytase in their salivary glands
- certain genes that could be unstable during reproduction or
impractical in commercial use.
- Enviropigs produce the enzyme phytase in their salivary glands
- 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
- In the end, there are no more Enviropigs,so any approval to be
used in the public is out the window
- APPLICATIONS:
- Alternative to livestock pigs
- Reduced phosporous contamination in the environment
- Used for human food
- Alternative to livestock pigs
- DISADVANTAGES:
- Discharges phytase is an environment poluutant
- Their pork didnt enter the food chain
- Breeding problem occurs
- They are commercially unavailable
- Discharges phytase is an environment poluutant
- COMPARISON
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