Animal feeds from transgenic crops: a biosafety perspective

VIR SINGH; ASHOKA KUMAR; BABITA BOHRA; NANDA NAUTIYAL; VRINDA NEGI

doi:10.56093/ijans.v86i10.62312

Authors

VIR SINGH Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145 India
ASHOKA KUMAR Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145 India
BABITA BOHRA Regional Office for South Asia, NASC Complex, New Delhi
NANDA NAUTIYAL Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun
VRINDA NEGI Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v86i10.62312

Keywords:

Animal feeding, Feeds, Feed evaluation, Health, Transgenic crops

Abstract

There are many biosafety issues pertaining to transgenic crops. Long-term implications of the transgenics for livestock and human health need to be identified and addressed. Researchers dealing with transgenic crops have brought to the fore many of their advantages and disadvantages. All possible effects of transgenic feeds must be tested before the transgenic crops are utilized to derive feeds from them for livestock feeding. Human health can be affected directly through consumption of foods from transgenic crops as well as through livestock products if feeds are derived from these crops. This paper attempts to examine some pertinent issues relating to possible effects of feeding livestock with feeds from transgenic crops and presents a perspective on how to evaluate such feeds to ensure biosafety when transgenic crops or their residues are used as feeds.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

G M O Compass. 2013. Genetically modified plants: global cultivation on 174 million hectares. (http://www.gmo- compass.org/eng/agri_biotechnology/gmo. Retrieved March 30, 2016).

Indian Express. 2015. India world’s 4th in GM crop acreage, well ahead of China. Indian Express, New Delhi, Feb 2, 2015.

Jonas D A, Elmadfa I, Engel K H, Heller K J, Kozianowski A, Muller J F, Narbonne J F, Wackernagel W and Kleiner J. 2001. Safety considerations of DNA in food. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 45: 1–20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000046734

Postlethwait J H. 2015. Wrecks of ancient life: genetic variants vetted by natural selection. Genetics 200: 675–78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.178442

Rai S K, Ghosh P K, Kumar S and Singh J B. 2014. Research in agrometeorology on fodder crops in Central India: an overview. Scientific Research 4(1): 78–91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/acs.2014.41011

Singh V and Bohra B. 2005. Livestock feed resources and feeding practices in hill farming systems: a review. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 75(1): 121–27.

Singh V and Gaur R D. 2008. Rangeland Ecosystems in the Himalayan Mountains. Daya Publications, New Delhi.

Singh V, Tulachan P M and Partap T. 2001. Livestock feeding management at smallholder dairy farms in Uttaranchal hills. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 71(12): 1172–77.

Singh V, Shiva V and Bhatt V K. 2014. Agroecology: Principles and Operationalisation of Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Navdanya, New Delhi.