Calf born through embryo transfer gives hope to rare semi-wild cattle breed
Updated: 03/02/2021, 1:50 pm
The Vaynol calf Snow provides hope for the rare breed (Gavin Tait/AB Europe/PA)
The successful birth of a female “Vaynol” calf through embryo transfer has boosted efforts to save one UK’s rarest native cattle breeds, conservationists said.
The calf, called Snow for her white colouring and the conditions at the time of her birth near Edinburgh on January 6, was born through the first successful embryo transfer for a semi-wild cattle breed.
Vaynol cattle are descended from ancient herds of white cattle, which were brought over to Britain when it was still connected to Europe by land and were in the country before Stonehenge was built.