Gene editing of livestock

Gene editing technologies allow users to make in vivo (live) changes an organism’s DNA. Advances the field of gene have made it arguably more precise, efficient, flexible, and cheaper compared previous technologies. This has generated upsurge interest its governance, including livestock applications. Although promises benefits, also raises technical, ethical, societal questions alongside prospect (radical) transformation. Since technology is still be developed into marketable products, designs, visions, or what we term “sociotechnical imaginaries” that shape represent important site for sociological inquiry. In this article, based on analysis interviews with breeding company representatives agricultural scientists Netherlands, analyze assumptions, values, commitments underpin their imaginaries. These imaginaries matter, since negotiation will help structure how develops subsequently transform human–animal relations. our analysis, discursive practices from interview data distilling three sociotechnical respondents discuss livestock. Elaborating imaginary concept amenable emerging dynamics livestock, show need studied “in place” terms “material practices.” Even though each frame as desirable beneficial, they nevertheless differential effects industry, researcher, government, consumer/citizen We conclude by discussing why matter implications governance research.