Cloned Cows
CLONED COWS The chain of events that led to clone offspring being added to the diary herd. 1 ORIGINAL COW Prize-winning American dairy cow, Vandyk-K Integrity Paradise, selected for commercial cloning in Wisconsin. Cloned embryo created using DNA from cow's ear transplanted into empty egg. DNA Resulting embryo implanted into surrogate mother and female clone is bom. Clone then insemi- nated and fertilised embryos EMPTY EGG removed. SURROGATE MOTHER 2 CLONED COW FERTILIZED EMBRYOS FEMALE CLONE SURROGATE MOTHER Fertilised embryos flown to UK in 2006 and implanted into surrogate mothers. SURROGATE MOTHER 3 CLONED OFFSPRING DUNDEE PARADISE Born December 2006. Now living on dairy farm at unknown location, One cow subsequently bom: Dundee Paradise, later sold to undisclosed dairy fam. Three bulls also bom: Dundee Paratrooper and Dundee Perfect, in Albrighton, Shopshire, and later sold to farm in Naim, Inverness; and Dundee Parable, bom and DUNDEE PARABLE Born May 2007. Slaughtered May 5, 2010. Meat enters UK food chain reared in the Midlands DUNDEE PARATROOPER Born December 2006. Slaughtered July 2009. Meat enters UK food chain Dundee Paratrooper and Dundee Perfect sire 96 DUNDEE PERFECT calves between them before Bom March 2007. Slaughtered July 27, 2010. Meat prevented from entering UK food chain being slaughtered. Their calves are still too young to produce milk. GRAPHIC: MICHAEL AGAR
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