News tagged with bovine genome
US shorts critical farm animal research, scientists say
Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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What makes a cow a cow? Complete bovine genome sequenced
Researchers report today in the journal Science that they have sequenced the bovine genome, for the first time revealing the genetic features that distinguish cattle from humans and other mammals.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Cattle, dairy ticks do battle against unique control measure
Australian scientists believe they may be a step closer to finding a cattle tick vaccine that could save the national cattle and dairy industries approximately $175 million per annum and reduce the need for pesticides.
Aug 15, 2011 |
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New strain of MRSA discovered
Scientists have identified a new strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which occurs both in human and dairy cow populations.
Jun 03, 2011 |
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New type of MRSA in hospitalized patients probably of animal origin
A distinctly new type of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that is not detected by traditional genetic screening methods has been discovered in patients in Irish hospitals according to research to be pub ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Scientists identify livestock genes to unlock protection against one of Africa's oldest animal plagues
An international research team using a new combination of approaches has found two genes that may prove of vital importance to the lives and livelihoods of millions of farmers in a tsetse fly-plagued swathe of Africa the ...
May 16, 2011 |
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How now, inside the cow: Nearly 30,000 novel enzymes for biofuel production improvements
Cows eat grass -- this has been observed for eons. From this fibrous diet consisting mainly of the tough to degrade plant cell wall materials cellulose and hemicellulose, substances of no nutritional value ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Scientists show prions mutate and adapt to host environment
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that prions, bits of infectious protein that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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SDSU researchers look for genes that affect vaccine response
(PhysOrg.com) -- South Dakota State University livestock research is trying to determine whether the genes cattle inherit help determine the way they respond to vaccinations.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Study shows infectious prions can arise spontaneously in normal brain tissue
In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in England have shown ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Sequence is scaffold to study sleeping sickness
Researchers have made a further step toward understanding sleeping sickness - a chronic disease caused by Trypanosoma parasites, which affect the human central nervous system. The team have generated a high-quality draft ...
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Scientists take animal breeding to the next level
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of two influential bulls, one beef and one dairy, the first animals to have been fully sequenced in Canada.
Mar 18, 2010 |
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