Meet Cosmo, a Bull Calf Designed to Produce 75% Male Offspring

Amy M Quinton — July 23, 2020 - 10:00am

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was genome-edited as an embryo so that he’ll produce more male offspring. The research was presented in a poster today (July 23) at the American Society of Animal Science meeting.

Genome-Edited Bull Passes on Hornless Trait to Calves

Amy M Quinton — October 07, 2019 - 8:00am

For the past two years, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been studying six offspring of a dairy bull, genome-edited to prevent it from growing horns. This technology has been proposed as an alternative to dehorning, a common management practice performed to protect other cattle and human handlers from injuries.

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Meet Cosmo, a Bull Calf Designed to Produce 75% Male Offspring

Genome-Edited Bull Passes on Hornless Trait to Calves