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 ...

Cows with the slick gene have sleek, short hair that helps keep them cool. T.A. Olson via the USDA Farmers across the world are breeding cows with a mutation that gives them a higher heat tolerance—an ...

It's important to understand where food comes from. But do you know your Angus from your Hereford? These cattle breeds both produce high-quality beef, so differentiating between the two is an ...

Bulls are one of the largest and strongest animals that humans have domesticated. There are many breeds of cattle, all with their scale-tipping bulls. Over the centuries, humans have created larger, ...

THIMPHU: Native animal breeds in the country are facing a steep decline, with several species on the brink of extinction due to crossbreeding, climate change and economic shifts favouring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China and Laos are moo-ving toward more sustainable cattle farming with a crossbreeding agreement that marks the first export of ...

Marking a major milestone in milk production, India has developed two high-yielding cross-breed cattle breeds, each capable of delivering milk over 3,500 kgs in a 10-month lactation cycle, taking the ...

In Nigeria’s humid zone, sustainable cattle transformation is best achieved through ecology-appropriate breeds and community-centred production models, rather than through the replication of savannah ...

A survey of Australian grainfed beef supply chains conducted by Beef Central suggests as many as 70-80pc of feeder cattle of susceptible breed types may now be receiving pre-entry vaccination ...