World's 1st cloned cow dies in central Japan at 21 english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 7 hours ago - 15:00 | All, JapanThe world's first cloned cow has died of old age at a research center in central Japan at the age of 21 years and three months, local officials said Thursday.
(Kaga pictured in June 2018)The cloned animals were born in July 1998 in a joint research study with Kindai University.
Researchers employed the technology used to clone Britain's sheep Dolly, the world's first cloned adult animal born in 1996.
The cloned cow could no longer stand in early October and was pronounced dead on Wednesday.
By 2006, a total of 14 cloned cows had been produced in Ishikawa, but the research was cut back after the distribution of cloned cow meat was restricted in Japan in 2009.