VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

CLONING TECHNOLOGY

• Though much progress has not been made in wild animal species with regard to cloning technology , it is to be understood that the cloning of a targeted wild animal species from an adult somatic cell may be considered as one of the technological advances with regard to assisted reproduction in wild animals.
• It is significant that in many animals the great majority of cloned embryos may perish before reaching full term. If the cloned embryos have more epigenetic errors , then there is likelihood of death among such cloned embryos. It is a known fact that cloned embryos contain fewer cells than the case with normal embryos.