Simulation of dual-purpose chicken breeding programs implementing gene editing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In spite of being controversial and raising ethical concerns, the application of gene editing is more likely to be accepted when it contributes to improving animal welfare. One of the animal welfare and ethical issues in chicken breeding is chick culling, the killing of the male layer chicks after hatching due to the poor fattening performance. Although establishing dual-purpose chicken lines could solve this problem, unfavorable genetic correlations between egg and meat production traits hindered their competitiveness. Although it is also controversial in ethical terms, gene editing may accelerate genetic progress in dual-purpose chicken and alleviate the ethical concerns from chick culling.

Results

The simulation compared the utility improvement in dual-purpose

SUBMITTER: Chuang EYS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795215 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature