Gene Banking
Gene banking is simply the preservation of an animal’s genes to be available for future use. All that’s required is a small biopsy sample that you or your veterinarian provide.
By gene banking your most valuable animals, you protect your investment. If you lose an animal to injury or disease, or geld a colt that later proves to have valuable reproductive potential, gene banking is sound insurance. Even if you are not ready to move forward with the cloning process, gene banking is a simple and inexpensive guarantee that your animal’s genetics are saved.
1. Simply call ViaGen to request a gene banking kit and make arrangements with
your veterinarian.
2. ViaGen will ship the genetic preservation biopsy kit and a shipping container to you with
detailed instructions.
3. The tissue samples taken by your veterinarian are shipped back to our lab and cultured
to produce viable cells genetically identical to the donor animal.
4. The cells are then cryogenically frozen and can be stored indefinitely.
CryoSure™ Gene Banking Price
The price to gene bank an animal at ViaGen is $1500. The annual storage fee is $150 per animal gene banked, and is waived for the remainder of the calendar year in which the gene banking occurred. ViaGen accepts these major credit cards:
ViaGen is happy to gene bank any non-primate mammal, though we only offer commercial cloning services for cattle, horses, and pigs.