title: International perspectives on the impacts of reproductive technologies on food production in Asia.
abstract: The greatest numbers of domestic animals are raised in Asia. The Asian animal industry is characterized by the involvement of a high percentage of the population, mostly smallholders, of which 95 % rear domestic animals. In exploring the best ways to formulate sustainable society, it is essential to make the most of livestock products by applying appropriate reproductive technologies. There is no doubt that reproductive technologies such as AI and ET have made a great contribution to increase the number of excellent animals. Although more advanced cutting edge reproductive technologies have become available and some of them have indeed a potential of revolutionary changes in livestock industry, the most important problem for increasing productivity concerns the maintenance of optimum nutrition and prevention of heat stress to support reproductive performance and increased supply of animal proteins. International societies should be involved in binding together developed and newly developing countries in the construction of a novel model for future livestock rearing management that suits diverse environmental circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of Theriogenology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan, osawa@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001947:Breeding / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends