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A herd of transgenic cows

A herd of transgenic cows at an animal containment facility, NZ.

A herd of transgenic cows at the AgResearch animal containment facility at Ruakura in Hamilton.

Transgenic cows are unlikely to replace New Zealand’s dairy herd, but small herds could be used for specific purposes such as generating therapeutic proteins to treat human disease.

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