title: Discovery and application: lessons from animal research.
abstract: The cumbersome administrative machinery for agricultural research set up following the Rothschild Report is criticised and the view challenged that mission-oriented research is quicker, cheaper and more useful than problem-oriented research. Examples are give from two areas of biological study, corpus luteum physiology and cell membranes, to illustrate the rapid application of basic discoveries to livestock health and production.
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000662:veterinary; D008081:Liposomes; D008297:Male; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000378:metabolism; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000517:prevention & control; D010063:Ovum / Q000637:transplantation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000494:pharmacology; D012106:Research; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D011460:Prostaglandins F