Got (bull)
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Got is a
fighting bull The Spanish Fighting Bull is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle (''Bos taurus'') population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in countries where bullfighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for a certain ...
(born 18 May 2010 in
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) who was cloned from another fighting bull named Vasito by teams at the Prince Felipe Research Center and the Valencia Foundation for Veterinary Research using nuclear transfer. This is thought to be the first time a fighting bull has been successfully cloned. Vicente Torrent from the Valencia Foundation for Veterinary Research, who led the project, said that Got was the culmination of three years of research into how to preserve "valuable bull genes" costing €28,000.


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