World’s first cloned buffalo gives birth to calf in Karnal

The cloned buffalo Garima II  gave birth to a calf at the Karnal-based National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) on January 25.

The calf, named Mahima, was born through ‘hand-guided cloning technique’.It weighs 32 kg and is reported to be normal and healthy.

The newborn “Mahima” is keeping good health and started suckling of milk within 30 minutes of birth, said A.K. Srivastava, Director, National Dairy Research Institute. 

The NDRI is known across the globe and came into the limelight for production of world’s first buffalo cloned calf Garima.