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Gene-editing technology produces first calf resistant to major viral disease

May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023

Calf gene editing — One-week-old calf born with resistance to the bovine viral diarrhea virus.
Photo provided by USDA-ARS

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Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually.

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The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in U.S. agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.

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