Itanagar: A test tube yak has been born at a farm of the National Research Centre at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh's West Kameng district.
The calf was born on July 15 at the Nyukmadung farm, a unit of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Principal scientist Dr P. Chakravarty said on Thursday. The male calf weighing 19 kgs is the result of transfer of cryopreserved yak embryo produced through in-vitro fertilisation.
The calf has been named 'Norgyal' meaning 'Ratnaraj', Chakravarty said.
The achievement, a breakthrough toward conservation and multiplication of elite yaks in the country was a collaborative work with support from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology under the principal guidance of Dr Chakravarty, and Dr M.S. Chauhan, Principal Scientist, NDRI, Karnal and other resource persons.
The calf was born on July 15 at the Nyukmadung farm, a unit of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Principal scientist Dr P. Chakravarty said on Thursday. The male calf weighing 19 kgs is the result of transfer of cryopreserved yak embryo produced through in-vitro fertilisation.
The calf has been named 'Norgyal' meaning 'Ratnaraj', Chakravarty said.
The achievement, a breakthrough toward conservation and multiplication of elite yaks in the country was a collaborative work with support from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology under the principal guidance of Dr Chakravarty, and Dr M.S. Chauhan, Principal Scientist, NDRI, Karnal and other resource persons.
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