Production of interspecies chimeric calves by aggregation of Bos indicus and Bos taurus demi-embryos.

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Two experiments were conducted to produce interspecific chimeric calves by aggregation of B. indicus and B. taurus demi-embryos. In the first experiment, morulae, compacted morulae, and early blastocysts were collected nonsurgically from Brahman (B. indicus) and Friesian (B. taurus) donors. Embryos were bisected and one demi-embryo from each species was placed in a single zone pellucida. In the second experiment,...

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