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Detailed explanation-1: -The first of its kind IVF calf was reportedly born out of six Banni IVF pregnancies. The birth took place at the Sushila Agro Farms located at the Dhanej, Somnath district, Gujarat.

Detailed explanation-2: -It has been named as Vijay. This is for first time IVF procedure was successfully implemented at farm level with the help of mobile laboratory. Earlier similar experiment was carried out by the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) at the lab-level.

Detailed explanation-3: -A “Banni” buffalo belonging to a dairy farmer from Dhanej village in Gir Somnath gave birth to an IVF male calf, in what the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying called the birth of the first calf of the breed born using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Detailed explanation-4: -The first calf produced from an embryo that had been biopsied and the sex determined from the biopsy specimen was born in 1975. The first calf produced from in vitro fertilization was born in 1981. This was followed by the birth of IVF pigs in 1983 and lambs in 1984.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Happy to share the good news of the birth of the first #IVF calf of Buffalo breed namely-#BANNI in the country.