China's first batch of transgenic cloned cattle successfully bred their offspring in Beijing

On September 15, at the experimental base of Beijing Agricultural College in Pinggu, Ni Hemin, a professor at the School of Animal Science and Technology of Beijing Agricultural University, who is in charge of the national major GM project "breeding new breeds of high-quality and efficient genetically modified beef cattle", is looking after the second generation of "transgenic calves." The first batch of somatic transgenic cattle "Niu Niu" born in 2012 containing fatty adipose connexin gene successfully bred their offspring, and the physical signs of the second generation of "transgenic calves" were normal after birth. Now the calf is half a month old and in good health. Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Wen

Workers feed the second generation of genetically modified calves at the experimental base of Beijing Agricultural College in Pinggu on Sept. 15. Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Wen

This is "Niu Niu" and the second generation of "genetically modified calves" filmed at the experimental base of Beijing Agricultural University in Pinggu on September 15. Xinhua News Agency