A buffalo cloned using body cells was born on October 1st, 2005 at a pedigree cattle reproduction center of the Guangxi University. As the third of its kind in the world, the calf registers a weight of 35 kg, height 70cm, and length 50cm. The calf is currently in a healthy state.
According to a briefing, before the success, the reproduction center had given birth to a calf cloned with fibroblasts, and another calf with ovarian granulose cells, though both of them died soon after birth. The newborn calf is cloned with the fibroblasts obtained from a local buffalo species, and conceived in a local cow.
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