CONTROL OF SEXUAL MATURATION IN ANIMALS

摘要

A genetically modified livestock animal comprising a genome that comprises inactivation of a neuroendocrine gene selective for sexual maturation, with the inactivation of the gene preventing the animal from becoming sexually mature. Methods of using, and processes of making, the animals are taught. Conventional livestock raising practices focus on the role of sexual maturity in livestock in terms of optimizing breeding and parturition.