Peru: The first goats are born by transfer of embryos from Alpina and Murciano-Granadina breeds

The National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA) has achieved for the first time in Peru the birth of ten goats of the Alpina (5) and Murciano-Granadina (5) breeds with high genetic quality, through the transfer process of embryos imported from Spain , in the city of Huaral. The birth of these offspring marks an unprecedented event since it will allow INIA-MIDAGRI to establish the starting point for the development of research that strengthens the goat genetic improvement program in favor of the producer, within the project "Improvement of the services of research and technology transfer for the sustainable management of goat farming in Peru (PROCAP). These new offspring, born at the Donoso de Huaral Agrarian Experimental Station of INIA-MIDAGRI, have the capacity to produce high-value meat and milk with high doses of solids, which will favor the producer's economy. In addition, the genetic nucleus will be strengthened. The alpine breed, originally from the Swiss Alps, is a ...