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Assertion : Cattle breeds can be improved by superovulation and embryo transplantation. Reason : Superovulation in high milk-yielding cows is induced by hormonal injection.

Options

  1. AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
  2. BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
  3. CIf assertion is true but reason is false
  4. DIf both assertion and reason are false.

Correct answer

B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Step-by-step solution

Superovulation is an effort to increase the fertility of cattle breeds. Inducing an animal to ovulate multiple oocytes can translate into producing more offspring from selected females. For superovulation. donor cows of particularly fine pedigree are treated with hormones (mainly FSH and LH) to increase the number of eggs released at ovulation - multiple ovulation (MO). The cows are artificially inseminated using semen from a proven bull. After 6 - 7 days the embryos are collected non-surgically, and then implanted

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