Cloning is the latest development of specific assisted breeding in animal husbandry. The use of novel food technologies like genetic modification technology, nanotechnology and food irradiation technology have received mixed responses from the public. Perception is the degree to which information or ideas are perceived by the respondents. In this present work the perception of researchers towards animal cloning was carried out. The total of 180 respondents for investigation was utilized. Since the study was focused on animal cloning an ex-ante research design was used. | Factorial analysis of perceptual understanding of researchers towards animal cloning