GMOs in animal agriculture： time to consider both costs and benefits in regulatory evaluations

• 作 者: Alison L Van Eenennaam
• 机 构: DepartmentofAnimalScience
• 出 处: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
• 发表日期: 2014年1期
• 关键词: 转基因生物 监管 成本 评价 畜牧业 转基因作物 动物饲养 动物饲料 Cost： benefit analysis Genetic engineering

In 2012, genetically engineered(GE) crops were grown by 17.3 million farmers on over 170 million hectares. Over70% of harvested GE biomass is fed to food producing animals, making them the major consumers of GE crops for the past 15 plus years. Prior to c