The demand for donkey hides to produce ejiao has led to a shortage of donkeys in China and increasingly worldwide.
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The embryo is frozen in liquid nitrogen until a suitable female donkey is found to grow it into a baby.
Ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine, is what’s driving demand for donkey skins the most. It consists of gelatin that is extracted from boiled donkey hides.
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Director – Veterinary Sciences Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organisation
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Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland
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Senior Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs and Associate Professor at the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
