UK’s Rare Breeds Survival Trust says calf numbers of white park cattle last year were less than two-thirds of 2022 level ...

Tokyo >> The Osaka prefectural police searched the house of a man on suspicion he attempted to illegally export to China the fertilized eggs and sperm of native Japanese cattle breeds, The Yomiuri ...

“These animals should be vaccinated immediately and as a priority before the rest, because we cannot obtain these animals from elsewhere. We cannot import them or even import semen.” Two academics ...

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The Ayrshire is the native dairy cow of Scotland and the successful survivor of several types that were still present in the early nineteenth century in the Scottish Lowlands. By the mid-1600s in the ...

MSc Daniil Ruvinskiy investigated selection signatures, gene expression patterns, and pathogen presence across a multiplicity of cattle breeds from around the globe using whole-genome resequencing and ...

Britain’s oldest cattle breed has become endangered after numbers fell below 1,000 for the first time in decades.

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The UK’s iconic, ancient White Park cattle breed – a key surviving link to an earlier, wilder Britain – has been moved to the most ...

One of Britain’s oldest cattle breeds has been placed on the highest-risk list, raising fresh fears for its survival after a ...

Native breeds are important sources of genetic diversity that can be leveraged in livestock improvement efforts. This study will use whole genome sequence data to investigate the genetic basis of ...

Decisions regarding rare breeds affected by foot and mouth disease (FMD), specifically fat-tailed sheep and red cattle, will be taken by the end of the week, Veterinary Services spokesperson Sotiria ...