First "supercows" born at Roseworthy
Wednesday, 3 September 2003
Three new calves born at the University of 亚洲色吧's Roseworthy Campus represent the start of an internationally recognised elite dairy herd.
The "supercows", now just a couple of weeks old, are the result of an historic agreement signed at last year's Royal 亚洲色吧 Show between the university and the world's leading artificial breeding organisation, the Canadian-based Semex Alliance.
"It has taken just 12 months for that agreement to bear fruit, with the new calves representing the very best in international breeding stock," says Roseworthy Farm Acting General Manager Matthew Bekker.
Nine months ago the first embryos were taken from the most renowned cow families at the hottest studs in the world, frozen in liquid nitrogen and jetted in from Canada and New Zealand. They were implanted into surrogate mothers by staff and students at Roseworthy.
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