4.4    Specific areas for transgenic livestock:

• Transgenic animals need to be developed for production of vaccines, biochemicals, specialized proteins for human and animal health.
    

• The genes for fast growth, high fecundity, milk quality and disease resistance should be identified, isolated and cloned.  
   

• Development of gene constructs carrying these genes followed by validation for their expression before using them for animal improvement need to be taken up.  
    

• Livestock genomics and proteomics should be initiated taking buffaloes as a model.
    

• Research on stem-cell cloning and development of animal clones with special genes as donors for tissue/organ transplant may be taken up.