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 ...

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 ...

Indian cattle, descended from the tropical Bos indicus instead of from the European Bos taurus, are better cooled. Their loose, hanging skins give them more cooling surface.

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.

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 markets.

(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 ...

Domestic cattle (Bos taurus taurus) are adapted to digest high-roughage diets, but in confinement they are commonly fed low-roughage, high-energy diets. This practice may leave cattle with an ...

A cattle species known as aurochs is close to being brought back to life as scientists perform an extensive programme to breed a new line of the animal. The aurochs roamed European forests for ...