Cloning and transplanting cattle embryos, adavantages, disadvantages and ethical issues?

Question

could some1 pls tell me wat the social and economic advantages and disadvantages are of cloning and transplanting cattle emrbyos. Also what ethical issues does this create

thanks in advance

Answer 1

There is one important issue to remember when cloning.

The cloned population will all have the same genes, so the gene pool is very, very small. Populations with small gene pools are at risk of being wiped out. That is why conservationists are very keen on preventing populations from dropping below a certain number. If a disease comes along, and it afflicts one cow because of its genetic make-up, it will affect all the cows.

If a farmer insists on cloning his cattle, then he must by all means, ensure that his cattle are kept free from any pathogenic (disease-causing) organisms.

Answer 2

the advantages are more food for us, if you can use 1 cow, and make 100, then you have alot more food and dairy product, it causes alot of ethical issues, due to the fact that some people just dont think its right. but if you think about it there really is no clones, because a clone would have the exact same mentality and everything as the origial, what they are doing is more like what happens when identical twins are produced, and that in itself is cloning