China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and pets

Re:China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and... by cpeterso on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @03:54PM (#10629620)

What is the value of cloning livestock? You still need to raise them from calves. Is cloning more economical than traditional animal husbandry? Cloned livestock also increases health risks from reduced genetic variance.

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Re:China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and... by kanzure on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:30PM (#10629841)

> Cloned livestock also increases health risks from reduced genetic variance.

Like, "animal husbandry can manage genetic variation, but cloning can't" ? Doesn't add up. In both cases you can have humans in the loop to make sure sufficiently diverse samples are preserved and used in populations.

All livestock populations should be genetically monitored, anyway.

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Re:China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and... by mc32 on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:53PM (#10629994)

I wonder how this will affect the South Korean pet cloning industry and whether they'll improve on viability of the clones.

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