News tagged with cows
Government to remap manatee habitat
Sep 30, 2009 |
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It has been more than 30 years since federal wildlife managers formally mapped the places where endangered manatee live in Florida. On Tuesday, they acknowledged it's probably time for an update.
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 ...
Farmed fish may pose risk for mad cow disease
Jun 16, 2009 |
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University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food s ...
Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines
Mar 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient ...
Names give cows a lotta bottle
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found. Drs Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have shown that by giving a cow a name and treating ...
Rare publishing achievement for student provides new insights into the fossil record of whales
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 19, 2008 |
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It is extremely unusual for a student to have their work accepted for publication in a prestigious scientific journal. However, Felix Marx, a fourth year student in the Department of Earth Sciences at the ...
New evidence on benefits of breast feeding
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland and Australia are reporting identification of proteins in human breast-milk — not present in cow's milk — that may fight disease by helping remove bacteria, viruses and other dangerous ...
Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas
Jul 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to understand the extent of cow flatulence on global warming, scientists in Argentina are strapping plastic bags to the backs of cows to capture their emissions.
Carbon hoofprint: Cows supplemented with rbST reduce agriculture's environmental impact
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study ...
