CN China claims it successfully cloned 3 ‘super cows’ that make vastly more milk than normal cows do - The scientists say they plan to build a herd of 1,000 super cows in the next two to three years.

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  • China claims it's cloned three cows that make up to 18 metric tons of milk per year.
  • "Super cows" are hard to breed since they're identified at the end of their lives, per state-affiliated media.
  • The scientists say they plan to build a herd of 1,000 super cows in the next two to three years.
Scientists in China have cloned three cows that produce abnormally high amounts of milk, state-affiliated media claimed on Tuesday.

The three calves were birthed in the Ningxia region by a team from the Northwest University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology, just before the Chinese New Year began on January 22, per local outlet Ningxia Daily.

The calves were cloned from "super cows" — unusually productive cows that can make 18 metric tons of milk per year and 100 tons of milk in their lifetimes, pro-government tabloid The Global Times reported.

In comparison, the average milk-producing cow in the US makes around 10.8 metric tons of milk per year, per the US Department of Agriculture's latest figures.

Only five in 10,000 of common cattle breeds in China can produce as much milk as a super cow, said the scientists, per The Global Times.

And because cattle are only designated as super cows at the end of their lives, it's difficult to breed them after they've been identified, said the project lead, Jin Yaping, per the outlet.

Jin said his team "reincarnated" the super cows to help bolster China's local milk production, which has struggled to meet domestic demand amid surging feed costs. China also heavily relies on importing cattle from Europe.

Jin's team used tissue from the cows' ears to make an initial batch of 120 cloned embryos, 42% of which were successfully impregnated in surrogate cows and 17.5% of which remained fertile after 200 days, The Global Times reported.

The scientists highlighted how one of the calves had the exact same skin pattern as its predecessor, reported the outlet.

"We plan to take two to three years to build up a herd comprised of over 1,000 super cows," Jin said, per The Global Times.

Jin did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Remember all the other absurd claims like when He Jiankui made the assertion of successfully doing gene modification on human embryos? I'll take the the approach of having the same level of skepticism as I did then as well. Which is to say; big if true, but X to doubt.
 
IDK. There was some scientist who claimed to have performed something crazy (first designer baby I think?). But the government was like "woah woah we did not give this guy permission, wtf" and he got disappeared.

Remember all the other absurd claims like when He Jiankui made the assertion of successfully doing gene modification on human embryos? I'll take the the approach of having the same level of skepticism as I did then as well. Which is to say; big if true, but X to doubt.

It was supposedly something to a pair of Twin-Girls to make them AIDS proof, China has a growing and rampant AIDS problem it doesn't want to acknowledge caused through a mix of drug use, backwards medical practice.
 
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Super-stakhanovite cows overfulfill milk production norms by 400%

Grorious sociarism shall bury pathetic capitalist cow
 
It was supposedly something to a pair of Twin-Girls to make them AIDS proof, China has a growing and rampant AIDS problem it doesn't want to acknowledge caused through a mix of drug use, backwards medical practice.
I'm aware of the issues they're having, but only in a tertiary way tbh, I don't bother looking too deep into China since i'm not well equipped to differentiate truth from fiction on their assertions outside of my own relative field of expertise. Generally though i'm X to doubt on wild claims in general from anyone.
 
Oh jesus great you get more milk....and when its made into baby formula and cut with toxic waste
 
I'm aware of the issues they're having, but only in a tertiary way tbh, I don't bother looking too deep into China since i'm not well equipped to differentiate truth from fiction on their assertions outside of my own relative field of expertise. Generally though i'm X to doubt on wild claims in general from anyone.

It's something I do believe that they have attempted, I'm not sure about the success of it but it's just one of there many claims that can't be verified but there was some really interesting fallout in the bio-medical community because of it and it's likely got some weight to it even if it was a failure it was a test of some theoretical practices that have being talked about for years.
 
Just eat some yoghurt or something bro. I could convince myself I was lactose intolerant when I've had a completely fucked diet, but after a day or two of eating normally, like magic, I'm totally fine.

If asians simply have inferior gut biomes regardless then someone ought to think about reactive biological warfare as a deterrent to any aggression from them. If they care that much about cows then either that's a load of bullshit, or they are making bank on milk exports.
Lactose intolerance has fuckall to do with your gut biome. Either you can produce lactase (the enzyme that breaks down lactose) or you don't. It's genetic.
 
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Theres been a bit of controversy in Australia in recent years about overseas ownership. Australia has huge cattle farms for Beef and Milk. It came out in the news China either partly, or fully owns at least one of Australias Dairy suppliers now.
 
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The real question is "will the super milk from the super cows give the chinese super strength like it's fucking captain underpants?"
 
Maybe just house twice more cows than waste ten times the effort breeding super cows with assuredly horrifying health defects?
 
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