SA: Matilda s triplets breed confidence for scientists

AAP General News (Australia)
01-18-2001
SA: Matilda s triplets breed confidence for scientists

The good health of a set of lamb triplets has given Australian scientists confidence
that fast-breeding technology can be combined with cloning.

The three lambs were born from the eggs of Australia's first cloned sheep, Matilda,
at the South Australian Research and Development Institute.

The two males and a female were born to surrogate mothers using Juvenile In-Vitro Embryo
Transfer -- a technique developed by the scientists to speed up the breeding cycle.

This technique can …