The first milk sheep cloned embryos were transferred in Ulanqab, China

Published 2022년 1월 14일

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The Article highlights a collaborative effort between the Animal Husbandry Workstation of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Ulanqab and the Ministry of Inner Mongolia University, which established the State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock. The goal of this partnership is to use advanced molecules and high-efficiency breeding techniques to create new sheep breeds for both meat and milk production. This initiative also marks the first cloned embryo transfer of milk sheep in the country. The project not only aims to boost Ulanqab's independent meat sheep production but also provides valuable learning opportunities for young professionals and raises the city's animal husbandry workstation technicians' professional and technical standards, leading to significant social benefits.
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From December 24th to December 30th, 2021, the Animal Husbandry Workstation of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Ulanqab and the Ministry of Inner Mongolia University jointly established the State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock to implement applied molecules in the Ulanqab Experimental Sheep Farm Marker-assisted selection and high-efficiency breeding technology to cultivate new breeds of sheep with both meat and milk, and carry out cloned embryo transfer of milk sheep, which is also the first cloned embryo transfer of milk sheep in the country. In this experiment, cloned embryos were first cultivated with the somatic cells of dairy sheep; secondly, 99 recipient ewes were treated with estrus technology in the Ulanqab experimental sheep farm, of which 64 were in estrus, and the estrus rate was 64.6%; finally, the recipients were selected There were 57 sheep, and the cloned embryo transfer was completed on December 28, 29 ...

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