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Cattle Out of Africa (The Researchers - Series 3)

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The improvement of the genetic make-up of Australia's cattle herds with breeds such as the Boran and the Tuli from Africa has been a major aim of CSIRO researchers.

But importing new breeds of cattle into Australia from Africa, where animal disease is rife, is impossible. So the researchers collected embryos from selected stock in Africa, froze them, and took them to Cocos Islands, Australia's off-shore quarantine station. There, they were implanted in Friesian surrogate mothers, flown from Australia especially for the task.

After 74 successful births, the young Boran and Tuli calves were tested for disease before being landed on the mainland in March 1990.

Produced in 1990.

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00:22:00 | Title
00:22:30 | Cow and newborn calf in stall
00:23:00 | Exteriors at Australian Quarantine Station, Cocos Islands. Boranand Tuli calves with Friesian cows.
00:23:20 | Boran and Tuli cattle in Africa
00:23:35 | Int - Dr. John Frisch, CSIRO
00:23:40 | Boran and Tuli cattle in Africa
00:24:17 | Cattle embryos being prepared for freezing, Dr. Tim Williams atmicroscope, liquid nitrogen.
00:24:30 | Int - Dr. Tim Williams, CSIRO
00:24:52 | Removal of embryos from African cows, CSIRO staff training localstaff in embryo transfer technology
00:25:03 | Friesian cows arriving on Cocos Island in Ansett 727 jet aircraft
00:25:23 | Calf being born
00:25:48 | Boran and Tuli calves on Cocos Islands, running in paddock, Bloodsample taking
00:26:08 | Calves arriving in Australia at Tullamarine airport in Antonov aircraft,loaded into trucks.
00:26:38 | Int - Dr. J.F.
00:26:46 | CSIRO logo
00:26:51 | end