Wuzhishan pig

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The Inbred Wuzhishan Pig (WZSP) was the result of almost thirty-year of endeavor led by
Professor Feng Shutang, formerly Research Fellow at the Beijing Institute of Animal Science, Chinas
Academy of Agricultural Sciences.[1] It is a new type of miniature pig, a new medical and life science
experimental model animal.
On November 19, 2016, Beijing Grand Life Science & Technology Co., Ltd. successfully produced a
litter of eight inbred piglets of F25 (the 25th generation), with an inbreeding coefficient of 0.995. The
litter of four male and four female piglets demonstrated the stable capability of inbred WZSP fertility,
another scientific milestone of inbred large animal reproduction in the history.
WZSP inbred identification was successfully conducted in early 2013 by the Chinese PLA General
Hospital (Hospital No. 301) via in-kind and x-transplant of skins, and its full sequencing and analysis
of genome was completed by BGI in 2012.[2] WZSP became China's first inbred large model
animal with full independent intellectual property rights by the developers, and the naming ceremony
will declare it a new animal species.
Additional research on the future life science and medical applications of WZSP have been
launched, and certain results have been published, including injection of embryonic germ cells into
blastocysts,[3] and Islet isolation and purification.[4]
At the medical research and practice areas, over a dozen of Chinese leading research institutions,
medical schools, hospitals and enterprises had conducted or are being conducting researches and
experiments in the life science, disease and surgical animal model, drug development and x-
transplant areas with Wuzhishan pigs.[5][6] It is widely believed and reported [7] that Chinese WZSP will
create substantial new opportunities in life science development, as well as medical and drug
research. The Intellectual property rights are protected by both Chinese patents [8] and the patent of
the United States of America.[9]
On May 18, 2015, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences announced that its Institute of Animal
Science had entered into an agreement to transfer the entirety of its research achievements and all
relevant patents on WZSP to Beijing Grand Life Science & Technology Co., Ltd.,[10] which will be the
exclusive owner to industrialize the Wuzhishan pigs.

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