Horse and cattle cloning
Preserve the genetic value of your best animals.
Cloning is an advanced technique that makes it possible to faithfully reproduce your most valuable animals while preserving their genetic characteristics.
If you own a competition horse, a breeding bull or a cow of high genetic value, cloning allows you to preserve their genetic heritage for future generations.
We work with stallion centres and private owners to preserve semen for future use.
Why choose cloning?
Preserve genetic quality → Maintain the outstanding characteristics of elite competition animals or high-value breeding stock.
Ensure bloodline continuity → Prevent the loss of valuable genetics due to accidents, infertility or the end of an animal’s breeding career.
Optimise your breeding programme → Make the most of the genetics of champions or exceptional breeding animals to improve future generations.
Preserve the genetic line → In the case of gelded sport horses, the clone can be used for breeding, ensuring the transmission of the genetic line to future generations.
The result is an animal genetically identical to the original, with the same reproductive, genetic and sporting potential.
How does it work?
01
Establishment of a cell line
A small skin biopsy is taken from the donor animal, from which cells are cultured and naturally multiplied in the laboratory. Within approximately two weeks, a cell line consisting of several million cells is established and can be cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen.
02
Embryo creation
A cell from the donor animal, containing its DNA, is transferred into an enucleated oocyte, initiating embryo development.
03
Embryo transfer and birth
The cloned embryo is transferred to a surrogate mother, which carries the pregnancy to term until the clone is born.
Who can benefit from cloning?
- Breeders of sport horses and cattle → To preserve the genetics of breeding bulls and stallions, or valuable females.
- Breeders of valuable breeds → To maintain the purity of a genetic line and continue selective breeding without losing key characteristics.
- Owners of sport horses → To obtain a clone for breeding without interfering with the original horse’s competitive career, or, in the case of geldings, to obtain a clone that allows the genetic line to continue.
- Anyone wishing to protect the genetics of a unique animal → Cloning provides a “genetic backup” of your most valuable animal.