The days of guess work in breeding dairy cattle are gone. Today's DNA sequencing means more productive cows and less pollution. Breeding cattle through artificial insemination began in the 1940’s.

Reproduction is the most important factor on a modern dairy farm. Getting dairy cattle rebred in a timely fashion is critical for dairy farm profitability. The Meadowlark Extension District will be ...

Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy ...

Lay Htaung Kan Village, Myanmar – Small scale dairy farmer Zaw Oo from this village in southern Myanmar may seem an unlikely beneficiary of nuclear science. But an isotopic technique used to breed ...

Animals showing purity indicators of 80 percent and above may be considered to be pure. This is the case with most dairy breeds. PHOTO/NMG The article on sourcing of pedigree in-calf heifers generated ...

Scientists provide an insightful review of how US dairy industry breeding selection objectives are established, as well as detail opportunities and obstacles related to new technologies for ...

LANSING -- The biotech developer Neogen Corp. (Nasdaq: NEOG) Thursday announced the development of a new genomic test that offers the dairy cattle industry an unprecedented level of information on the ...

A Finnish researcher has demonstrated the impact of two candidate genes on the protein and fat content of milk and on the overall milk yield from dairy cows. The work also involved devising a method ...

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Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy ...