University of Adelaide researchers are developing a test to help eliminate hidden carriers of a significant disease in Australian cattle herds, commonly known as Bovine Pestivirus.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

The new livestock identification program recently launched by the federal government should not place a significant burden on producers in Pennsylvania or the East, according to an expert in Penn State's ...

Biology - Other

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new study published online April 4th in the journal Environmental Research Letters finds that trade and global consumption of Brazilian beef and soybeans is increasingly driving Brazilian deforestation. Consequently, curren ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

A livestock feed supplement contaminated with human faeces is being blamed for an outbreak of parasite infection in a cattle feedlot in northwest NSW.

Biology - Other

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists have found that cattle temperament influences how animals should be handled, how they perform and how they respond to disease.

Biology - Other

Feb 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

Studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are shedding some light on the microbes that dwell in cattle manure—what they are, where they thrive, where they struggle, and where they can end up.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

If you can't kill them, trap them. Such is the fate that scientists are reserving to pathogenic bacteria, such as the infamous E. coli. These bacteria may contaminate meat in abattoirs, when small traces ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 20, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Agriculture and forestry contribute $70.4 billion annually to Alabama's economy and account for 22 percent of the state's workforce, according to a study released today.

Other Sciences - Other

Feb 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists have long known that cattle produce carbon dioxide and methane throughout their lives, but a new study pinpoints the cow-calf stage as a major contributor of greenhouse gases during beef production.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 30, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 3

(Phys.org)—Cells experience stress in multiple ways. Temperature shifts, mis-folded proteins and oxidative damage can all cause cellular stress. But whatever the form of the stress, all cells quickly stop ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing strategies to help livestock producers control stable flies, the most damaging arthropod pests of cattle in the United States.

Biology - Other

Jan 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

Pina Fratamico is on the quest to find the easiest and fastest way to test for harmful Escherichia coli in ground beef. In an article published in Frontiers in Microbiology on the 20th of December, she explores using a next ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

Continued expansion of branded beef programs and cattle herds with black hides are several trends identified in the 2011 National Beef Quality Audit, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research meat scientist.

Biology - Other

Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

The findings of a recent study conducted by Murdoch University researchers has challenged the long held belief of the beef industry that flighty cattle are at a higher risk of producing dark, firm and dry ...

Biology - Other

Nov 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

An accurate estimation of nitrous oxide and methane emissions from beef cattle feedlots is an increasing concern given the current and potential future reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 09, 2012 not rated yet 0