Bottled Cow

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

258

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

521

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: How do you miniaturise pedigree cattle for export? Why not just send an embryo? Two recent scientific breakthroughs have now been brought together to make that possible: how to safely and non-surgicaly extract embryos from the uterus and how to freeze that embryo. On the far side of the earth, it can be de-frosted and implanted into any non-pedigree foster mother resulting in a perfect pedigree calf.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Animal husbandry; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/258

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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