title: Current and future reproductive technologies for avian species.
abstract: The global demand for poultry meat and eggs is expected to increase exponentially in the next several decades. Increasing global poultry production in the future would require significant improvements in genetics, nutrition, and managerial practices including reproduction. This chapter summarizes some of the recent developments in ameliorating reproductive dysfunction in broiler breeder chickens, cryopreservation of avian spermatozoa, sex selection, and avian transgenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Center for Reproductive Biology and Health, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Henning Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA, RameshR@psu.edu.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000502:physiology*