Why in News?
A healthy Badri female calf was successfully born on 11 September 2026 through Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF) technology following an embryo transfer.
Key Points
- A Badri female calf was born through Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF) followed by embryo transfer.
- Oocytes from elite Badri donor cows were fertilised in vitro using semen from superior Badri bulls.
- The resulting Badri embryo was transferred to a Sahiwal recipient cow, which carried the pregnancy to term.
- The work was carried out jointly by ICAR-NDRI and G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology.
Exam Connect
- Badri cattle → indigenous Himalayan cattle genetic resource → official State Animal of Uttarakhand
- G.B. Pant University → Pantnagar, Uttarakhand → India’s first agricultural university → established 1960