Opinion

Milking the rabbit

Richard Hall29 Jan 2010

Herds of dairy rabbits. Eight-​teat milking machines. High-​tech rabbit farms. Apparently, this is close to becoming a reality.

There are already experiments in the Netherlands: the rabbits are genetically modified with a human gene to create a milk protein that helps prevent tissue damage for victims of car crashes, strokes and heart attacks.

Research has shown that a New Zealand white rabbit can produce 140ml of milk a day. The milk could be launched in Britain some time this year.

For more, see the original Sunday Times article.

Source: BevBlog

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Richard Hall is chairman of Zenith International.

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