Synopsis: Sequencing accelerates breeding programs for food-producing animals by helping to identify and select desirable characteristics, such as disease resistance. By breeding animals that are naturally resistant to the disease, farmers can reduce the use of antibiotics. Potentially, heavy economic losses such as those experienced in the poultry industry due to avian pathogenic E.Coli (APEC) and it antibiotic resistance can be avoided. For more information on applications of Illumina technology in the field of Agrigenomics, please visit us at Illumina: Agrigenomics http://www.illumina.com/applications/agriculture.ilmn Products: TruSeq RNA Sample Prep kit: http://support.illumina.com/sequencing/sequencing_kits/truseq_rna_sample_prep_kit.html Genome AnalyzerIIx: http://support.illumina.com/sequencing/sequencing_instruments/genome_analyzer_iix.html HiSeq: http://systems.illumina.com/systems/hiseq_2500_1500.ilmn Publication Links: PMID: 24629767 | Dinh H., et al. (2014) : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24629767 PMID: 24599154 | Xu H., et al. (2014) : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24599154 Publication Research Reviews: Metagenomics 2nd Edition: http://www.illumina.com/documents/products/research_reviews/metagenomics_research_review.pdf The Science Mondays (SciMon) series is brought to you by Illumina http://www.illumina.com/ Illumina hosts Swati Kadam, Ph.D., Scientific Liaison, Scientific Affairs and Jacques Retief, Associate Director Scientific Affairs deliver 7 minutes of scientific enlightenment on the latest discoveries.