Factors influencing the commercialisation of cloning in the pork industry

• Published in: Society of Reproduction and Fertility supplement Vol. 62; p. 303
• Main Authors: Pratt, S L, Sherrer, E S, Reeves, D E, Stice, S L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 2006
• Subjects: Animal Husbandry; Animals; Cloning, Organism; Female; Food Industry; Male; Meat; Nuclear Transfer Techniques; Pedigree; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Sus scrofa

Production of cloned pigs using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a repeatable and predictable procedure and multiple labs around the world have generated cloned pigs and genetically modified cloned pigs. Due to the integrated nature of the pork production industry, pork producers are the most...