Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy ...

Researchers spotlight how selecting cattle for lower methane emissions could deliver long-term gains for the beef industry.

There are two local cattle breeds, the Rhodope Shorthorn and Bulgarian Grey Cattle, that are the first in the country to have been genotyped for genetic characterization. In May and June 2006 Dr.

In Indonesia, cattle are not just cattle. The large island-nation houses a variety of different breeds, locally preferred for their unique set of physical attributes and strongly linked to culture and ...

High milk yield in dairy cows is negatively correlated to fertility. Scientists have now found a mutation in a gene sequence that affects this relationship. Scientists have found a genomic deletion ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new suite of statistical methods that dramatically improves the ability to pinpoint DNA changes responsible for important traits in ...