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speciesism 35
sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT) 101,
124
sperm-selection strategies 87, 108
spermatogenesis 81
donor-derived 82
under germ cell control 82
spermatogonia enrichment, techniques 85
spermatogonial stem cells 81, 98
advantages compared to NT 101
assay 82
cross-species transplantation 82
enrichment from immature testis 85
targeted mutagenesis 88
to produce transgenic animals 101
stochastic process-based modelling 144–168
applications 159–168
individual grazing behaviour 159–165
spread of an invasive species across a
landscape 165–168
demographic stochasticity 148–149
discrete state–space Markov processes 146,
148
environmental fluctuations 149–150
formulation and analysis of stochastic
models 148
general case 155–156
immigration–death process (basic
model) 148–152
immigration–death process (including
susceptible–infected disease
dynamics) 152–156
handling of uncertainty 146–147
of heterogeneity at population and individual
levels 145–146
joint estimation of parameters and missing
data 147
parameter estimation, general
formulation 156–157
reversible-jump Metropolis–Hastings
algorithm 157–159
subsidized food production, EU 208
sugarcane production, Great Barrier Reef
catchment 173–174
suicide, rural communities 23
sustainability science, emergence of 15–16
sustainable agriculture, transgenic livestock
for 107–108
sustainable approach to livestock
development 206–207
economic, environmental and social
outcomes 206
synteny 72
synthetic siRNAs 129–131
systemic action research in rural
development 10
systemic agricultural education 10
Index 229
systemic capability development and epistemic
transformations 13–14
systemic development in animal
agriculture 11–14
systemic science 15–16
systemics
First Order 3–4, 5, 9
orders of 3–6
Second Order 6, 9
Third Order 4, 5, 6, 9
systems approach 1–2
cognitive systems 8–11
critical learning systems 14–15
natural and social systems 5
to agriculture 2–3, 6–8, 15
to redesigning animal agriculture 3–4, 5–6,
9, 11–13
systems biology approach to precision animal
breeding 75–77
systems movement in agriculture 6–8
testicular irradiation 84
tetracycline-inducible system (tetO) 131
therapeutic proteins
conventional production 101–102
mammary gland production 102
recombinant forms 102
Third Order Systemics 4, 5, 6, 9
critical learning systems as component 15
time–homogeneous Markov processes 168
general case 155–156
parameter estimation 156–157
total genetic value 67
traceback to individual production animals 54–55
traditional science
epistemological perspective 11
role in development 12
transfected germ cells, transplantation 96
transgenesis
ethical issues 39–41
potential to allow more targeted animal
breeding 112
transgenic animal food products
consumer acceptance 97, 109–110, 136–137
regulatory issues 97, 109
transgenic animals 86
acceptance provided a clear benefit 112
alternative production
methodologies 100–101
animal welfare concerns 110–111
debate as to their value in agriculture 112
economic considerations 112
from cells genetically modified in vitro 98
advantages 98–99
from pronuclear microinjection of DNA 87,
99, 100, 122–123