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Maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used extensively to determine origin and diversity of taurine cattle (Bos taurus) but global surveys of paternally inherited Y-chromosome ...
TROPICALLY adapted Bos taurus cattle are just as likely to succumb to tick fever as their British or European breed counterparts, new MLA research has found ...
These included the domesticated Bos taurus, the wild zebu cattle Bos indicus that originated from the Indus Valley (in Pakistan and northwest India), and six ancient aurochs – the now-extinct wild ...
(See 10 species near extinction.) Stichting Taurus, the Dutch preservationist group leading the project, is hoping a reborn aurochs could help restore the European countryside to a more natural state.
The beast stood at seven feet tall on all four legs and weighed upwards of 1,000 kilograms. Two separate teams from Europe have been breeding selective cattle which carry some aurochs DNA since ...
Dairy cattle, generally of the species Bos taurus, are domesticated animals bred to produce large quantities of milk. Dairy cattle may be found in herds on farms where dairy farmers own, manage ...
A vaccine to protect Bos taurus breeds from the costly cattle tick is getting closer, paving the way for northern producers to introduce genetics capable of opening doors to new, high-value ...