News tagged with cattle breeding
Analysis of the effects of a cow's genetic predisposition on the composition of its milk
Apr 29, 2009 |
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The genetic predisposition of cows has an effect on the fat and protein content of their milk. Researchers at Wageningen University have spent the past few years examining the scope and significance of genetic variation between ...
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Deforestation conference to turn plans to action
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(AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed ...
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
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(AP) -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime ...
Scientific breakthrough in genetic studies of animal domestication
Mar 10, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1957, an animal science researcher at Virginia Tech named Paul Siegel began a decades-long study of White Plymouth Rock chickens, a breed favored by backyard farmers. From his original ...
Development of more muscular trout could boost commercial aquaculture
Mar 10, 2010 |
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A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide ...
New study provides a better understanding of how mosquitoes find a host
Mar 09, 2010 |
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The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood meal, Agricultural Research Servic ...
Healing native rangeland may require combination of burning and rotational grazing
Mar 05, 2010 |
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The application of summer patch burning to heal native rangeland may be best accomplished using rotational grazing, according to a Texas AgriLife Research range ecologist.
Bovine respiratory disease
Mar 05, 2010 |
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A multi-disciplinary team of Oklahoma State University scientists and practitioners is riding herd on one of the most challenging concerns of Oklahoma's $4.6 billion cattle industry: Bovine Respiratory Disease.
Scientists find new form of prion disease that damages brain arteries
Mar 05, 2010 |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists investigating how prion diseases destroy the brain have observed a new form of the disease in mice that does not cause the sponge-like brain deterioration typically seen in prion ...
Study shows woody plant encroachment has increased stream flow in the Edwards Plateau
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Mar 04, 2010 |
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A new study by Texas AgriLife Research scientists finds that contrary to widespread perceptions, springs in the Edwards Plateau, which provide much of the stream flows, have not been declining as a result of increased encroachment ...
Assessing antibiotic breakdown in manure
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Scott Yates is studying how oxytetracycline (OTC), an antibiotic that is administered to animals, breaks down in cattle manure.
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