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Reproductive ability of a cloned male detector dog and behavioral traits of its offspring
J. vet. sci ; J. vet. sci;: 407-411, 2016.
Article in En | WPRIM | ID: wpr-148726
Responsible library: WPRO
ABSTRACT
In 2007, seven detector dogs were produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer using one nuclear donor dog, then trained and certified as excellent detector dogs, similar to their donor. In 2011, we crossed a cloned male and normal female by natural breeding and produced ten offspring. In this study, we investigated the puppies' temperaments, which we later compared with those of the cloned parent male. The results show that the cloned male had normal reproductive abilities and produced healthy offspring. All puppies completed narcotic detector dog training with a success rate for selection of 60%. Although the litter of cloned males was small in this study, a cloned male dog bred by natural mating produced puppies that later successfully completed the training course for drug detection. In conclusion, cloning an elite dog with superior genetic factors and breeding of the cloned dog was found to be a useful method to efficiently procure detector dogs.
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Full text: 1 Index: WPRIM Main subject: Parents / Temperament / Tissue Donors / Breeding / Clone Cells / Cloning, Organism / Methods Limits: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J. vet. sci Year: 2016 Type: Article
Full text: 1 Index: WPRIM Main subject: Parents / Temperament / Tissue Donors / Breeding / Clone Cells / Cloning, Organism / Methods Limits: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J. vet. sci Year: 2016 Type: Article