BackVisit of Prof. Bruce Whitelaw, Head and Deputy Director, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK at ICAR-Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar 19th February 2015

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Prof. Bruce Whitelaw, Head, Division of Developmental Biology & Deputy Director, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom visited the ICAR-Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagaron 19^th February 2015.Prof. Bruce Whitelaw delivered a lecture organised by the Indian Society of Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization (ISSGPU)on “Application of the genetically engineered livestock in agriculture” and interacted with the scientists of the Institute.He accentuated the need to develop a sheep, which can produce more mutton and free from diseases. There is time to develop and use the genome editing technologies for improving the mutton production. Prof. Bruce has visited thescientific Division/Section and also visited sheep farms, wool processing plants anddiscussed about the research work. Dr. S.M.K. Naqvi, Director, ICAR-CSWRI Avikanagar welcomed Prof. Bruce Whitelaw and briefed about the research activities undertaken at the institute.