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In MOET technology, two ‘mothers’ are needed to produce one calf. Justify.

MOET or Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer is a process carried out where the genetic mother (cow) is administered hormones with Follicle-stimulating hormone like activity that induce super ovulation and follicular maturation where instead of one egg they produce 6-8 eggs and after fertilization ( the animal is mated with an elite bull or can be artificially inseminated), the eggs are non-surgically recovered and then transferred to surrogate mothers at 8-32 cell stage for further development. The genetic mother can then be used for another round of superovulation. So, we see how two mothers are needed to produce one calf by the process of MOET. High milk-yielding breeds of females and high-quality meat-yielding bulls have been bred successfully to increase herd size in a short time over the course of so many years.


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