CIRB Gaurav

The Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB), Hisar has successfully produced a cloned buffalo offspring ‘CIRB Gaurav’. The cloned buffalo calf is different from the earlier clones produced in India. It is produced by using the cells of ventral side of tail of superior bull buffalo, the part which is least exposed to sun and may have less mutation rate. This can be a favourable factor to produce healthy clones. With this achievement, CIRB has become the world’s third and India’s second institute to produce cloned buffalo. National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal was the first to produce a cloned calf in India.