INDIA 'S FIRST CLONED GIR FEMALE CALF PRODUCED AT NDRI , KARNAL

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  India's National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) has made history by successfully producing the country's first cloned indigenous Gir female calf. The achievement is a significant milestone in the country's scientific progress and has the potential to revolutionize the dairy industry.

• On march 16 ,  the female calf named  GANGA   was born but  the achievement was disclosed   after  10 days  after observing  her health.

       

• The weight of the calf at the time of birth was 32 kg .
We have cloned the calf from a cow of Gir breed which was giving 15-litre milk per day. As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directions to increase milk yield, we have started cloning the high-yield cows using the cloning technique," Vice Chancellor of GB Pant Agriculture university Dr Manmohan Singh Chauhan said.



• The programme was started by National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal in collaboration with Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board (ULDB), Dehradun

• To clone the Gir, oocytes are isolated from live animals using ultrasound-guided needles, and then, matured for 24 hours under control conditions.

• The somatic cells of elite cows are used as donor genomes, which are fused with OPU-derived enucleated oocytes. Following chemical activation and in-vitro culture, the developed blastocysts are transferred into recipient mothers to deliver the Gir calf.