Zhongzhong, China's third cloned cow, was born in Caoxian, Shandong Province this morning

Introduction: at 4 a.m today, a cloned cow named "Zhongzhong" was born in wulidun, a famous animal husbandry production base in Caoxian County, Shandong Province This is the third of the first batch of independent cloned cattle in China born in the last ten days The first cloned cow "Weiwei" died a few hours after birth Another cloned cow "Keke" has been in good condition for 12 days Black and white as like as two peas, the 51 kilograms of Chinese and Chinese are high yield Holstein cows Professor Ma Shiyuan, who gave technical guidance on the spot when the cloned cattle were born, said: "all things are normal in 'Zhongzhong' They were born naturally, and they ate 2kg of milk half an hour after birth." After the birth of the cow is all normal, the calf fell to the ground, she stood up and kept walking The "Weiwei" and "Keke" born here were born by caesarean section due to the smaller size of Luxi cattle The other 10 pregnant cows were Holstein cows Ma said he had more confidence in the smooth birth of other pending cloned cattle after the birth of Zhongzhong According to reports, at present, there are three or four cows with obvious labor symptoms, and there will be cloned cattle in the next few days This mass breeding and cloning of cattle is a key support project of NSFC jointly undertaken by the Institute of zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the local Shandong Zhongda animal embryo engineering center It is the first time in China to reproduce and clone cattle completely by its own engineering technology The Institute of zoology of Chinese Academy of Sciences has completed the development of bovine cloned embryos, and Shandong Zhongda animal embryo engineering center has completed embryo transfer.