date:Aug 28, 2023
genetics exports (ovine embryos) have been shipped to the US as part of a wider access agreement involving the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, enabling UK lamb exports to the US. It follows the enactment of US legislation in 2021 that lifted a 33-year US embargo on lamb and ovine embryos from countries previously affected by Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a progressive neurological disorder of cattle. The shipment is the first of what is hoped to be a regular trade in o