Cattle
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Cattle (colloquially cows) are large domesticated ungulates. They are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, most commonly classified as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal), as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products, and as draft animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). Other products include leather and dung for manure or fuel. In some countries, such as India, cattle are sacred. It is estimated that there are 1.3 billion cattle in the world today. In 2009, cattle became the first livestock animal to have its genome mapped.
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Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.
Doppler Ultrasound Helps Scientists Understand Fescue Toxicosis
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Doppler technology -- the very same technology used by meteorologists to track thunderstorms -- is being used by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists to better understand the rate ...
Ancient bison genetic treasure trove for farmers
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Genetic information from an extinct species of bison preserved in permafrost for thousands of years could help improve modern agricultural livestock and breeding programs, according to University ...
Research team establishes family tree for cattle, other ruminants
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Pairing a new approach to prepare ancient DNA with a new scientific technique developed specifically to genotype a cow, an MU animal scientist, along with a team of international researchers, created a very ...
Scientists Study Holstein Milk Production, Fertility
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have discovered why Holsteins—bred to produce more milk—are less fertile than before breeding efforts were stepped up to increase dairy production: ...
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Oct 01, 2009 |
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With more than 2 million cows on 68,000 farms, Missouri is the third-largest beef producer in the nation. Due to rising feed prices, farmers are struggling to provide feed for the cows that contribute more ...
Study looks at turning manure into revenues
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Livestock manure isn't often thought of as a value-added product, but researchers at Montana State University and MSU Extension are trying to change that.
Study finds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants, may have increased invasive plants
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Rinella, faculty in Animal and Range Science at Montana State University and an ecologist at the Fort Keogh Agricultural Experiment Station in Miles City, recently published the results ...
Replacing coal with cattle
Sep 16, 2009 |
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As Larry Clay tends cattle at D&D Ranch, massive dump trucks growl nearby, hauling off rock stripped away to uncover coal. The Perry County ranch site was a hillside covered in trees before Pine Branch Coal Sales mined it, ...
Breeding their horns off -- a winner
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A team of scientists led by CSIRO's Dr Kishore Prayaga has been awarded a prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for its work to develop a simple genetic test which has the potential to end the need to ...
Diet, population size and the spread of modern humans into Europe
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Stable isotope data published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Erik Trinkaus, professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Michael Richards of the University of Bri ...
Big cattle -- the genes that determine carcass weight
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An area of chromosome 6 that affects cattle carcass weight has been identified using two different Japanese species. Knowledge of this four-gene region, described in the open access journal BMC Genetics, should be useful ...
DNA analysis reveals the prime stock of Indonesian cattle
May 13, 2009 |
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DNA analysis shows that Indonesian zebu cattle have a unique origin with banteng (Bos javanicus) as part of their ancestry.
Researchers find way to cut cattle methane, threat to environment, by 25 percent
May 07, 2009 |
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Beef farmers can breathe easier thanks to University of Alberta researchers who have developed a formula to reduce methane gas in cattle.
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 ...
