Equine
Ever wish you could have offspring from a champion gelding? Cloning offers the possibility to fulfill that desire by producing an intact male that is genetically identical to a champion gelding. Likewise, as your best mare ages and reaches the end of her reproductive years, you can clone her and then use the new mare to continue to produce offspring.
While not every animal is suitable for cloning, the opportunity to protect and multiply the genetics of superior animals make cloning a valuable tool for horse owners and breeders.
Cloning also offers a kind of insurance. The impact of injury or loss of a popular stud is greatly reduced if another stud with the same genes is available.
What's On Tap, born March 9, 2006, was cloned from the Quarter/Cutting Horse Tap-O-Lena, owned by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp of Weatherford, Texas. Tap-O-Lena has won over $450K in National Cutting Horse Association events.
Whatever kind of horses you have, ViaGen will help you:
- Extend the reproductive life of top-producing animals
- Produce studs that are genetically identical to top-performing geldings
- Keep up with demand for their semen, embryos and offspring
- Preserve their genes as insurance against unexpected injury or loss
Use this web site to learn more about our services, and read about:
- For Charmayne James, cloning barrel racing legend Scamper makes good business sense
- Excellent horse cloning results for ViaGen client Elaine Hall
Here are some news stories and press releases of interest to the equine community:
- "World Champion Barrel Horse Gelding Cloned"
Horse.com, November 15, 2006 - "Top Barrel Racing Champion Horse 'Scamper' Cloned"
Press release, November 15, 2006 - "Champion Horse Cloned by Texas Breeder"
National Geographic News, April 4, 2006 - "Goodbye Dolly: Up From Sheep to Cloned Horses"
New York Times, March 31, 2006 - "New to the Stable: Two Champion Clones"
Washington Post, March 31, 2006 - "Top Cutting Horse 'Royal Blue Boon' First Mare to Ever Be Cloned"
Press release, March 30, 2006