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Animal Cloning: A Draft Risk Assessment - Biotechnologie.de

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. <strong>Animal</strong> Health, Growth, Blood Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, and<br />

Urinalysis .................................................................................................... F12<br />

c. Carcass Characteristics ............................................................................... F20<br />

d. Meat Composition Analysis for Clones and Comparators ......................... F21<br />

e. Semen and Breeding Evaluation................................................................. F23<br />

f. Farrowing Rate............................................................................................ F24<br />

2. Study 2: Progeny of Clones vs. Comparators ................................................. F26<br />

a. Survival....................................................................................................... F26<br />

b. Growth, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, and Urinalysis......................... F32<br />

i. Growth .................................................................................................... F32<br />

ii. Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, and Urinalysis ................................... F34<br />

c. Carcass Characteristics ............................................................................... F40<br />

d. Meat Composition from the Progeny of Clones and Comparators............. F41<br />

D. Conclusions from the Viagen Dataset................................................................. F46<br />

1. Study 1: Clones vs. Comparators.................................................................... F46<br />

a. <strong>Animal</strong> Health............................................................................................. F46<br />

b. Food Safety ................................................................................................. F47<br />

2. Progeny of Clone Boars vs. Progeny of Comparator Boars ........................... F47<br />

a. <strong>Animal</strong> Health............................................................................................. F47<br />

b. Food Safety ................................................................................................. F48<br />

E. Ad<strong>de</strong>ndum........................................................................................................... F49<br />

Appendix G: Investigation on Attribues of Cloned Bovine Products:<br />

A Study Performed by the Ministry of Health of Japan........................ G3<br />

A. Project Report of an Investigation of the Properties of Products from Cloned<br />

Cattle.................................................................................................................... G7<br />

B. English language summary of the report “Investigation on the Attributes of<br />

Cloned Bovine Products”................................................................................... G11<br />

C. Results of a 28-day feeding study in rats fed diets containing freeze dried<br />

milk or beef from ordinary cattle and clone cattle............................................. G21<br />

Appendix H: The Comprehensive Veterinary Examination................. H3<br />

A. Introduction to the Comprehensive Veterinary Examination .............................. H3<br />

B. The Importance of Species-Specific Standards ................................................... H4<br />

C. How a Veterinarian Performs a Comprehensive Veterinary Examination.......... H4<br />

1. Specific Consi<strong>de</strong>rations for Neonatal CVEs.................................................... H6<br />

2. Specific Consi<strong>de</strong>rations for Juvenile CVEs..................................................... H7<br />

3. Specific Consi<strong>de</strong>rations for Mature <strong>Animal</strong> CVEs.......................................... H7<br />

4. Specific Consi<strong>de</strong>ration for Reproductive Stage Examinations........................ H7<br />

a. Males............................................................................................................ H7<br />

b. Females ........................................................................................................ H8<br />

D. Interpreting the Comprehensive Veterinary Examination for <strong>Animal</strong> Clones .... H9<br />

E. Parameters Evaluated in the Comprehensive Veterinary Exam for a <strong>Risk</strong><br />

<strong>Assessment</strong>........................................................................................................... H9

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