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Acceligen partners with global animal genetics companies, and integrated producers to meet industry, retail and consumer demand for: * Healthier farm animals through improved animal well-being, * Improved animal health and food safety, * Rising global demand for animal protein products, * Lessened e...

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Published inAgriMarketing Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 14 - 16
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Henderson Communications LLC 01.07.2019
Subjects
Agricultural land
Agriculture
Animal health
Animal husbandry
Animal protein
Animals
Aquaculture
Arable land
Beef
Biotechnology
Breeding
Breeding of animals
Business competition
Calves
Cattle
Consumers
Environmental impact
Farms
Food
Food safety
Food sources
Genetics
Genomics
Government industry relations
Horns
Livestock
Productivity
Regenerative medicine
Sustainability
Trade secrets
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Summary:Acceligen partners with global animal genetics companies, and integrated producers to meet industry, retail and consumer demand for: * Healthier farm animals through improved animal well-being, * Improved animal health and food safety, * Rising global demand for animal protein products, * Lessened environmental impact of animal agriculture and aquaculture, * More locally-raised food produced on less arable land on a planet in climax flux. [...]we continue to work with our private lobbyist and national trade association, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), in leading the effort to simplify the process and regulate based on science, risk, and product. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE The company is proud of its deep expertise, trade secrets, expansive and growing intellectual patent portfolio, experts embedded strategically in the heart of farm country that includes collaborative relationships in industry, government and academia. AM NATURALLY HORNLESS CATTLE Editor's note: the following was provided by Acceligen The Challenge: High merit dairy animals generally have horns, which must be removed because horns can cause injuries and even death to animals and farm personnel. [...]15 million calves are mechanically disbudded or dehorned each year in U. S. alone.
ISSN:0002-1180