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{{Short description|Cloned goat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
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| name = Noori
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| species = [[Pashmina goat]]
| gender = Female
| birth_date = 9 March 2012
| birth_place = [[Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir|SKUAST-K]], [[Srinagar]], [[India]]
| death_date = 15 March 2023 (age 11)
| death_place = Shuhama Farm [[Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir|SKUAST-K]]
| death_cause = Aging<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noori-Pashmina goat no more, huge loss for scientific fraternity |url=https://statetimes.in/noori-pashmina-goat-no-more-huge-loss-for-scientific-fraternity/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Statetimes |date=22 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| role = First cloned pashmina goat
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'''Noori''' (Arabic word for "light") was a female [[pashmina goat]], the first pashmina goat to be [[cloning|cloned]] using the process of [[nuclear transfer]].<ref name="Noori goat kashmir"/> Born on 9 March 2012, she was kept at the place of her birth, at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, [[Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir]], Shuhama, [[Srinagar]] in the [[India]]n territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="Noori goat">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/15/kashmir-scientists-clone-rare-cashmere-goat/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316121201/http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/15/kashmir-scientists-clone-rare-cashmere-goat/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2012|title=Kashmir scientists clone rare cashmere goat|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref><ref name="Noori goat kashmir"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://skuastkashmir.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171&Itemid=33|title=Faculty details|publisher=skuastkashmir|accessdate=2012-12-12|archive-date=7 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207090926/http://www.skuastkashmir.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171&Itemid=33|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Birth==
Noori was born on 9 March 2012 to three mothers (one provided the egg, another the DNA and a third carried the cloned embryo to term). She was created using the technique of [[somatic cell nuclear transfer]], in which the [[cell nucleus]] from an adult cell is transferred into an unfertilised [[oocyte]] (developing egg cell) that has had its [[cell nucleus|nucleus]] removed. The hybrid cell is then stimulated to divide by an electric shock, and when it develops into a [[blastocyst]], it is implanted in a surrogate mother using [[laparoscopic surgery]]. This is the same method as was used in cloning the first mammal of the world, [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly]]. Noori was cloned by Dr. Riaz Ahmad Shah, Dr.Syed Hilal Yaqoob, Dr. Maajid Hassan Bhat, Dr. Mujeeb Fazili, Firdous Ahmad Khan and colleagues at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir in Shuhama, 13 km to the east of [[Srinagar]]. The successful cloning of Noori, which took two years, will assist the department in cloning the endangered species of [[Kashmir stag]] (hangul); they previously cloned a [[water buffalo]] in 2009. The funding for Noori's cloning was provided by the [[World Bank]], which runs the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]].<ref name="Noori goat kashmir">{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Apr/28/celebrating-world-veterinary-day-2012-with-noori--15.asp|title=Celebrating world veterinary day-2012 with "NOORI"|publisher=greaterkashmir.com|accessdate=2012-12-12}}</ref><ref name="Noori goat"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?19737|title=SKUAST- Kashmir produced world's first cloned Pashmina kid|publisher=scoopnews.in|accessdate=2012-12-12}}</ref>

==Pashmina goat==
Noori also offers hope to the people of Kashmir of increasing production of [[pashmina]], a type of fine [[cashmere wool]]. At present pashmina wool is being imported from [[China]] to fulfill demand, due to the rarity of [[pashmina goat]], which is a special breed of [[goat]] indigenous to high altitudes of the [[Himalayas]] in [[Ladakh]]. Pashmina shawls are [[spinning (textiles)|hand spun]] and [[weaving|woven]] and the [[textiles]] are embroidered in Kashmir, where more than 10 million people are associated with this industry.<ref name="LuxFib">{{cite book |last= Franck|first= Robert R.|title=Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-om7HI3rwcC&dq=cashmere+pashmina&pg=PA142|accessdate= 2012-12-12|date=October 2001 |publisher= Woodhead Publishing|isbn= 1-85573-540-7|page=142 }}</ref><ref name="LuxKnit">{{cite book |last= Morse|first= Linda|author2=Lidia Karabinech |author3=Lina Perl |author4=Colby Brin |title=Luxury Knitting: The Ultimate Guide to Exquisite Yarns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2N05Gz_FUsC&dq=cashmere+pashmina&pg=PA12|accessdate= 2012-12-12|date=October 2005 |publisher= Sterling Publishing|isbn= 1-931543-86-0|page=12 }}</ref><ref name="Noori goat"/><ref name="Noori goat kashmir"/>

==Death==
Noori died in March 2023 at the age of 11.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's First cloned Pashmina goat dies in Kashmir |url=http://www.risingkashmir.com/worlds-first-cloned-pashmina-goat-dies-in-kashmir |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.risingkashmir.com|date=22 March 2023 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Kashmir]]
[[Category:Cloned animals]]
[[Category:Individual goats]]

Noori (goat) - Revision history

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