Six calves cloned from bulls ear

6 January 2000



Six calves cloned from bull’s ear

SCIENTISTS from America and Japan have cloned six calves from a bulls ear using a technique of cloning from cultured cells.

The development of this technique means it will now be possible to produce an identical herd of genetically modified animals from an individual.

It also raises the prospect of performing unlimited modifications to the genes of cattle, and other farm animals.

The research was carried out by the University of Connecticut and the Kagoshima Prefectural Cattle Breeding Development Institute in Japan.

• Calf death raises spectre of cloning dangers, FWi, 30 April, 1999
• US boffins speed up reproduction, FWi, 20 August, 1998
• Japanese claim cloning first, FWi, 06 July, 1998
• PPL produces cloned calf, FWi, 24 February, 1998
• The Independent 06/01/2000 page 1