The Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) has claimed that a cloned Assamese buffalo male calf was born for the first time in India.
A team of researchers used unique methods and produced the clone calf 'Sach-Gaurav' through a normal delivery. The CIRB cloning team was led by PS Yadav.
It was born to Murrah buffalo, at Hi Tech Sach Dairy Farm, and making it first buffalo calf to be born in field.
This is second cloned male buffalo produced by ICAR-CIRB after Hisar-Gaurav, born in December 2015.
The genotype of the calf was confirmed through microsatellite analysis for parentage verification and chromosome analysis.