title: Domesticated Animal Biobanking: Land of Opportunity.
abstract: In the past decade, biobanking has fuelled great scientific advances in the human medical sector. Well-established domesticated animal biobanks and integrated networks likewise harbour immense potential for great scientific advances with broad societal impacts, which are currently not being fully realised. Political and scientific leaders as well as journals and ethics committees should help to ensure that we are well equipped to meet future demands in livestock production, animal models, and veterinary care of companion animals.
authors.affiliation: NordGen-the Nordic Genetic Resource Center, Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Linn F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Groeneveld
authors.affiliation: BioBank AS, Hamar, Norway.
authors.forename: Sigbjørn
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8478-883X
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gregusson
authors.affiliation: Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Bernt
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1764-135X
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guldbrandtsen
authors.affiliation: Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN), Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Sipke J
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8634-3658
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hiemstra
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hveem
authors.affiliation: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland.|Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kantanen
authors.affiliation: Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, and Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lohi
authors.affiliation: SLU Biobank, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stroemstedt
authors.affiliation: NordGen-the Nordic Genetic Resource Center, Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Peer
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007886:Legislation, Veterinary / Q000639:trends; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends