South Korean researchers said Wednesday they have successfully cloned a rare local species of cow in a government-funded project.
Biotechnology
Jun 16, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a Middle Eocene (48.6-37.2 million years ago) sea cow fossil by McGill University professor Karen Samonds has culminated in the naming of a new species. This primitive "dugong" is among the ...
Archaeology
Dec 14, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Race cars have long provided a testing ground for driving technology that we eventually see in passenger cars on the road. To this end, an engineering team in Lancashire, England, is hoping to give cow power ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newcastle scientists Dr Catherine Douglas and Dr Peter Rowlinson have won the Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine for their work looking at reducing stress levels in dairy cattle. In a paper published ...
Other
Oct 2, 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 ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2009
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Reusing wastewater could be the solution to Europe's growing water scarcity problem.
Environment
Jul 8, 2024
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Despite assurances from the federal government that bird flu will be eradicated from the nation's dairy cows, some experts worry the disease is here to stay.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2024
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Feeding livestock today is not a matter of flinging some hay or silage in a stall and hoping for the best.
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2024
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When researchers talk about their biggest bird flu fears, one that typically comes up involves an animal—like a pig—becoming simultaneously infected with an avian and a human flu. This creature, now a viral mixing vessel, ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 3, 2024
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A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities announced Wednesday, less then two months after the first one as an outbreak of the disease circulates widely among dairy cows.
Veterinary medicine
May 23, 2024
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