Veterinary teams working with breeders of all sizes will find this story interesting. We’re sharing it because it represents the ever-advancing science in animal health. Also, the connection to species preservation and replication for human disease testing and discovery is significant. In livestock, embryo transfer has changed the face of progressive breeding and trait duplication programs, especially in the dairy segment.
Source: Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2015.
In work expected to further efforts to preserve endangered wildlife and enhance human health, scientists at Cornell University have succeeded in joining canine egg and sperm, creating embryos, implanting them in the uterus of a female carrier and seeing the gestation of those puppies-to-be to birth.