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Cattle 'cloned from dead animals'
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T.K. RandallAugust 13, 2010 ·
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It has been revealed that some of the cattle cloned to help food production in the US used cells from dead animals.
The technique was used because only after the deceased animal's carcass has been examined can the quality of the meat be determined, exceptional subjects are then picked for use in the cloning process.
Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals, according to a US cloning company. Farmers say it is being done because it is only possible to tell that the animal's meat is of exceptionally high quality by inspecting its carcass.
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BBC News |
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