Reproductive ability of a cloned male detector dog and behavioral traits of its offspring.
10.4142/jvs.2016.17.3.407
- Author:
Ji Hyun LEE
1
;
Geon A KIM
;
Rak Seung KIM
;
Jong Su LEE
;
Hyun Ju OH
;
Min Jung KIM
;
Do Kyo HONG
;
Byeong Chun LEE
Author Information
1. Customs Detector Dog Training Center, Customs Border Control Training Center, Korea Customs Service, Incheon 22356, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
behavioral traits;
cloned dog;
drug detection dog;
reproductive normality
- MeSH:
Animals;
Breeding;
Clone Cells*;
Cloning, Organism;
Dogs*;
Female;
Humans;
Male*;
Methods;
Parents;
Temperament;
Tissue Donors
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science
2016;17(3):407-411
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In 2007, seven detector dogs were produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer using one nuclear donor dog, then trained and certified as excellent detector dogs, similar to their donor. In 2011, we crossed a cloned male and normal female by natural breeding and produced ten offspring. In this study, we investigated the puppies' temperaments, which we later compared with those of the cloned parent male. The results show that the cloned male had normal reproductive abilities and produced healthy offspring. All puppies completed narcotic detector dog training with a success rate for selection of 60%. Although the litter of cloned males was small in this study, a cloned male dog bred by natural mating produced puppies that later successfully completed the training course for drug detection. In conclusion, cloning an elite dog with superior genetic factors and breeding of the cloned dog was found to be a useful method to efficiently procure detector dogs.
