Dogs born from frozen embryos

A puppy has been born from frozen embryos, and scientists hope to use this technique to maintain the breed of wild animals close to the brink of extinction such as wolves and foxes.

Klondike is the name of the first dog in the Western Hemisphere to be pictured from frozen embryos. It is a rabbit-hound hybrid with Labrador, and although none of these two species faces extinction, the existence of Klondike is good news for those of the dog family that are disappearing. nature.

Klondike, a crossbred hybrid dog with Labrador was born from frozen embryos

According to experts at Cornell University (USA), Klondike's rabbit-hunting mother dog has been artificially inseminated, and fertilized embryos are frozen until a pregnant dog (also a rabbit dog) is ready. receive.

Because the dog's cycle can only be pregnant once or twice a year, freezing their dog embryos is especially important to coordinate the right time to transfer embryos to fertilized pregnant women.

'The dog's reproductive cycle is very different from the mammalian animals,' Newswise quoted expert Alex Travis of Cornell University.

Mr. Travis said his group is working to understand the difference in order to develop different tools, from contraceptives to maintaining the biodiversity of endangered species by supporting births. product.

According to experts, the process of freezing matter such as fertilized eggs or embryos may be the necessary technique to breed opposite species that are in danger of disappearing completely.