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Scientists clone a champion
Laura Smith
Friday April 15, 2005
The Guardian
Scientists have cloned a champion racehorse for the first time. The foal, born in February, is the world's first stallion clone, and the first clone from a sterile animal.
Professor Cesare Galli, who oversaw its creation, announced the birth of Pieraz-Cryozootech at his laboratory near Milan, Italy, yesterday.
The stallion was cloned from Pieraz, an Arab gelding which won the world endurance race championship in 1994 and in 1996.
Pieraz-Cryozootech, or Pieraz 2, is only the second horse to be cloned, and was created from skin cells taken from the former champion.
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