The two cloned goats, born in Qinghai, weigh 3.4 kilograms and are in good physical condition.
In northwest China’s Qinghai province, scientists have cloned Tibetan goats for the first time. This was reported by the People’s Daily.
This event marks a significant step forward in preserving the Tibetan goat breed and preventing decay, a very important step given the importance of the breed in the region.
It is known that three sheep and one sheep were used as cell donors for cloning. The result was two healthy cloned goats weighing about 3.4 kg each.
Ma Yuehui, a researcher at the Institute of Animal Husbandry of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that plateau cloning is a major breakthrough in Tibetan goat breeding technology and is of great importance to improve quality and efficiency. of the Tibetan goat industry.
China has successfully cloned Tibetan goats with the birth of 2 kids on Sunday in NW China’s Qinghai, becoming the province’s first cloned animal. The #cloning of the Tibetan goat, key cash livestock in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, aims to prevent the decline of the plateau animal breed. pic.twitter.com/wpujeCXmnt
— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) February 27, 2024
It was earlier reported that Chinese scientists created the world’s first cloned Arctic wolf puppy.
An endangered ferret species has been successfully cloned for the first time in the United States.
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