Photos: Iran cloned calves Abgoun and Abgineh

Source: ISNA; photos by Hossein Baharloo





Iran produced two cloned calves through freezing embryo in laboratory. The calves "Abgoun" and "Abgineh" were born in the biotechnology research center of

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02/06/11

"Birth of the two calves turns a new page in industry of improvement of domesticated animals' breed. The two animals enjoy good jean," the project manager Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani told ISNA (read related report in Persian)







He said birth of the two calves is the last chain of capability of Iranian scholars' research in field of biotechnology for creation of domesticated animals.



Production of frozen embryos is the quickest and the most optimized way to elevate genetic potentials of domesticated animals, he added.



He added the country carries out artificial insemination method for domesticated animals through indigenous and foreign good sperms.



