Champion Mare's Legacy Lives on with Unusual Birth of Filly
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 13:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Mira, a foal born Aug. 4, trots happily in Binghamton, N.Y., even though her mother died almost a year ago from a ruptured intestine. That is thanks to a team at Cornell, which is believed to be the first to successfully extract and ship eggs from a dead mare for remote fertilization and implantation.