The birth of Shunhua in Beijing

Introduction: yesterday, the reporter learned from the relevant aspects that the first somatic cloned cow in China, which was bred by the Institute of animal husbandry of China Agricultural University, was born by caesarean section in shijiaying dairy farm of Shunyi District on October 26 This cloned cow is named "Shunhua" It has a birth weight of 63.5kg, strong body and bright hair color The nuclear donor of the cloned cow comes from the ear cells of No 7118 excellent adult cow in Beijing dairy center The cloned embryo was transferred to a healthy young Holstein cow after conventional freezing After more than 200 days of gestation, it was born at 12:10 am on the 26th It will produce two to three times as much milk as the average cow The success of somatic cell cloning will make a qualitative leap in the development of animal husbandry in Beijing At present, the research results have been identified by the Department of physical evidence identification of the Ministry of national security It is reported that using conventional freezing method to preserve the somatic cell cloned cow produced by cloned embryo will make the cloning technology in China develop to a new stage Experts believe that this technology has broken through the past difficulties of fresh cloned embryos that can not be cultivated in other places However, because the technology is in the preliminary trial stage and the pregnant rate of the cow is still relatively low, the technology can not be fully promoted It is reported that China's first transgenic cow has been successfully pregnant in Shunyi shijiaying dairy farm It is understood that if it goes well, the cow will give birth to the first transgenic cow in China in January next year (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: