Klondike the dog.CORNELL UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY
A puppy has been born from a frozen embryo for the first time in the Western hemisphere, Cornell University announced on Monday (February 4). The puppy’s successful birth is a hopeful sign for endangered canids, like red wolves and African wild dogs, for which conservation efforts may be aided by similar reproductive technologies.
Klondike, a black labrador-beagle mix with a white spot on his chest, was born 9 months ago from the fertilized embryo of a beagle mother and lab father. The embryo was frozen by scientists from Cornell's Baker Institute for Animal Health and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute before being inserted it into a beagle surrogate mom.
Frozen embryos are often implanted into cows and humans during in vitro fertilization, but achieving the ...
