Test-tube calf horn at ABS lab
DEFOREST, WI - A bull calf,
believed to be unique in the world,
has resulted from a series of
painstaking steps by scientists at
the University of Wisonsin-
Madison. He was bom at the ABS
research facility, February 26,
1986.
The research team, led by Dr.
The result of in vitro fertilization, this calf born at ABS,
represents a major step towards cloning cattle.
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Neal First, removed an immature
egg from the ovary of a crossbred
cow, nurtured it in a culture dish
(in vitro) until maturity and fer
tilized it with frozen semen from
an ABS bull.
These newly developed methods
for maturing oocytes in vitro and
fertilizing them in vitro have now
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progressed to a highly efficient
level as reported by Dr. First and
colleagues at the 1906 meeting of
the International Embryo Trans
fer Society,
After fertilization the resulting
embryo was then cultured for 24
hours in vitro before being placed,
by surgical means, in the oviduct
of a sheep. After five days the
developing embryo was non
surgically transferred to the
uterus of a recipient Holstein cow.
Mother nature then took over.
Following another 282 days of
gestation, a healthy, vigorous dun
colored calf, appropriately named
Falcon after the manufacturer of
the culture dish, entered the world
oblivious to the fact that he had
made bovine history.
Falcon’s birth marks the second
successful step in a joint
ABS/University of Wisconsin
research program funded by W. R.
Grace & Co., parent company of
ABs. During the inital phase of the
project, the University, in
association with ABS research
staff, produced several pairs of
identical twin calves by using
micro-surgery to divide embryos
collected from some of the Holstein
breed’s top cows contracted by
ABS.
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Said Dr. Robert Walton,
President of American Breeden
Service, “Although in vitro fer
tilization is of little or no practical
value to cattle breeders at the
present time, these scientists view
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep.
Berkley Bedell, D-lowa, in
troduced legislation to require
increasing amounts of ethanol in
gasoline. Cosponsoring the bill are
Reps. Richard Stallings of Idaho,
Tom Daschle of South Dakota and
Tim Penny of Minnesota.
The legislation would require in
1987 that the aggregate of all
gasoline and gasoline-blended
fuels contain at least 2 percent
alcohol. That would mean at least 2
billion gallons of alcohol would be
consumed in that year. Ethanol is
made primarily from corn and has
been regarded by many as a
potentially large market for grain
if demand can be increased and
production costs reduced.
.“This legislation is important
because we can’t get out of the
surplus problems in agriculture by
cutting supply alone,” Bedell said.
“We must find additional markets
and new uses for our grain.
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their latest success as a very
important step towards the
development of a cloning
technique that can eventually be
used to maximize the influence of
genetically superior breeding
stock.”
Ethanol blended with gasoline is
one of those markets. As lead as a
fuel additive is phased out, ethanol
becomes a natural replacement. ’ ’
The amount of alcohol required
would increase, to 5 percent in 1995
and to 10 percent in the year 2000.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of
Energy would be required to set
proportionately higher levels of
alcohol to help achieve the targets.
“This is another part of our fight
to improve the agricultural
economy,” Bedell said. “Farmers
want their income from the
market. To help make that
possible, we need to encourage
more uses for com, to boost
demand and use up the surplus.”
Bedell has been a major
promoter of alcohol fuels in
Congress. He is a founder of the
Alcohol Fuels Caucus and has led
the fight for tax credits and other
incentives to encourage the
production of ethanol.
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