CHELYABINSK, December 5, 2007 - RIA Novosti. The Chelyabinsk Region is to receive 300 cattle embryos from Canada in February 2008, said Ivan Feklin, Regional Minister of Agriculture.
"The agreement on buying a trial number of embryos was reached during the last visit to a Canadian embryo transfer center. This method for speeding up cattle regeneration is used all over the world," said Feklin.
Feklin said it was much cheaper and safer to buy cattle embryos than to buy cattle and transport them. The cost of one embryo is about $500 while, a breeding animal costs about $3,000.
