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Friday March 25, 2011
A mule, an animal genetically sterile female has given birth to a baby through embryo transfer taken from a mare that had been impregnated by a donkey, which had not occurred was never in España.La mule breeding to the one in the morning of March 23 in Los Palacios (Sevilla), in a match that went smoothly, according to Efe has assured Mauricio Ospina veterinarian.
A mule, an animal genetically sterile female has given birth to a baby through embryo transfer taken from a mare that had been impregnated by a donkey, which had not occurred was never in España.La mule breeding to the one in the morning of March 23 in Los Palacios (Sevilla), in a match that went smoothly, according to Efe has assured Mauricio Ospina veterinarian.
The mule, named "Flag", is now nursing her baby, who has chestnut hair and has been dubbed by its owner, Antonio Miraime, as Milagros because it believes that this has been a "miracle."
Mauricio Ospina, a Colombian living in Spain for eleven years, wants to prove with this practice that the animals "valuable" may have more than one offspring per year from the transfer of embryos.
The vet removed the embryo from a mare, 12 April 2010, eight days after becoming pregnant, and implanted in the mule that gave birth almost a year later.
The "experiment" has been positive on the second attempt, clarified the vet, who knows only one similar case in Colombia for 14 years.
The mule, which is the fruit of the union between a donkey and a mare, is by definition sterile because it has 63 chromosomes, one less than two less than horses and donkeys.
However, it has all its organs function: ovulation, has zeal and breastfeeding, and do not stop because of the genetic fault is, explained the vet.
In the "El Cerrao of Perola", located in the La Cancelilla, a mile from Los Palacios, still visible in the litter that bore the mule, with which there another very nervous because he wants to take care of farming, so we have tied the legs and locked to avoid being hurt.
This attitude, common in respect of any breeding mules horse that is close to them, is the manifestation of an "instinct is not satisfied" with these animals, which are used primarily for work load, has qualified veterinarian .
The owner of the mule is "proud" of his animal, but confirms that he will not perform a similar experiment because it could not use it for a year for pilgrimages and other field works in generally used.
From the day of birth, the calf and her mother have been visited by many residents who did not believe that a mule can give birth. Efe
