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  • Vaccine for African swine fever may save our bacon

    Vaccine for African swine fever may save our bacon

    Wild boar can be immunized against African Swine Fever by a new vaccine delivered to the animals in their food, says new research. Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, it is the first report of a promising inoculation against this deadly disease, which is a worldwide threat to the swine ...
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  • Genetically modified pigs resist infection with the classical swine fever virus

    Genetically modified pigs resist infection with the classical swine fever virus

    Researchers have developed genetically modified pigs that are protected from classical swine fever virus (CSFV), according to a study published December 13 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Hongsheng Ouyang of Jilin University, and colleagues. As noted by the authors, these pigs offer ...
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  • Gene study shows how sheep first separated from goats

    Gene study shows how sheep first separated from goats

    Scientists have cracked the genetic code of sheep to reveal how they became a distinct species from goats around four million years ago. The study is the first to pinpoint the genetic differences that make sheep different from other animals. The findings could aid the development of DNA testing t...
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  • Challenges for controlling bovine tuberculosis in South Africa

    Abstract All effects taken together, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has a long-term detrimental effect on bovine herds and many wildlife species in South Africa. The disease is not only found in domestic cattle but also in African buffaloes and has to date been diagnosed in 21 wildlife species, includ...
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  • Scientists work to develop heat-resistant ‘cow of the future’

    Scientists work to develop heat-resistant ‘cow of the future’

    University of Florida scientists are working to breed the “cow of the future” by studying the more heat-tolerant Brangus cow — a cross between an Angus and a Brahman. Raluca Mateescu, an associate professor in the UF/IFAS department of animal sciences, is part of a team of UF/IF...
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  • Population of rare Stone’s sheep 20% smaller than previously thought

    Population of rare Stone’s sheep 20% smaller than previously thought

    The already-rare Stone’s sheep of the Yukon is 20 per cent less common than previously thought, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. The study examined 123 different DNA markers in approximately 2,800 thinhorn sheep in British Columbia and the Yukon, with the goal ...
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  • Children allergic to cow’s milk smaller and lighter

    Children allergic to cow’s milk smaller and lighter

    Children who are allergic to cow’s milk are smaller and weigh less than peers who have allergies to peanuts or tree nuts, and these findings persist into early adolescence. The results from the longitudinal study — believed to be the first to characterize growth patterns from early ch...
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  • AI system to diagnose pain levels in sheep

    AI system to diagnose pain levels in sheep

    The researchers have developed an AI system which uses five different facial expressions to recognise whether a sheep is in pain, and estimate the severity of that pain. The results could be used to improve sheep welfare, and could be applied to other types of animals, such as rodents used in ani...
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  • Potential benefits of wildlife-livestock coexistence in East Africa

    Potential benefits of wildlife-livestock coexistence in East Africa

    A study of 3,588 square kilometers of privately owned land in central Kenya offers evidence that humans and their livestock can, in the right circumstances, share territory with zebras, giraffes, elephants and other wild mammals — to the benefit of all. The study, reported in the journal Na...
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  • Goats prefer happy people

    Goats prefer happy people

    Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London. The study, which provides the first evidence of how goats read human emotional expressions, implies that the ability of...
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  • Goats can distinguish emotions from the calls of other goats

    Goats can distinguish emotions from the calls of other goats

    Goats can probably distinguish subtle emotional changes in the calls of other goats, according to a new study led by Queen Mary University of London. The researchers measured behavioural and physiological changes in goats to determine if they can differentiate between calls linked to positive and...
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  • Correct Choice and Administration for Livestock Dewormer

    Parasitic disease is one of the most common and important diseases in the breeding industry. It has the characteristics of a wide distribution, high infection rate and great harm. Usually, the control of parasitic diseases is to use chemical drugs to deworm. In recent years, studies have found th...
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  • Environmentally friendly cattle production (really)

    Environmentally friendly cattle production (really)

    Three hundred years ago, enormous herds of bison, antelope and elk roamed North America, and the land was pristine and the water clean. However, today when cattle congregate, they’re often cast as the poster animals for overgrazing, water pollution and an unsustainable industry. While some ...
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  • Clay as a feed supplement in dairy cattle has multiple benefits

    Clay as a feed supplement in dairy cattle has multiple benefits

    Dairy producers frequently add clay as a feed supplement to reduce the symptoms of aflatoxin and subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in lactating cows. In a new study from the University of Illinois, researchers show that clay can also improve the degradability of feedstuffs. “Farmers are givi...
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  • Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration

    Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration

    The exceptional climate-altering capabilities of cattle are mainly due to methane, which they blast into the atmosphere during their daily digestive routine. Cattle urine is a lesser-known climate offender. It produces nitrous oxide (N2O), which has warming power far greater than that of carbon d...
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  • Cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions

    Cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions

    Endangered African antelope and the lions that prey on them may benefit from certain cattle ranching practices in Kenya, according to newly published research led by a 2017 University of Wyoming Ph.D. graduate. Caroline Ng’weno, who conducted the research during her UW graduate studies, is ...
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  • A field study on the efficacy of ivermectin via subcutaneous route against chewing lice (Bovicola caprae) infestation in naturally infested goats

    Abstract Caprine pediculosis is an ectoparasitic disease of great concern among goat farmers in India. It may be caused by either sucking lice or chewing lice; the latter one results in severe skin lesions, leading to production loss. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the macrocytic lacto...
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  • Mystery about history of genetic disease in horses

    Mystery about history of genetic disease in horses

    Warmblood fragile foal syndrome is a severe, usually fatal, genetic disease that manifests itself after birth in affected horses. Due to the defect, the connective tissue is unstable. Under force, for instance, the skin tears from the tissue underneath and the joints can suffer dislocation. A res...
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  • Leptospirosis strains identified in Uruguay cattle

    Leptospirosis strains identified in Uruguay cattle

    Leptospirosis infections, caused by Leptospira bacteria, occur in people and animals around the world, but different strains of the bacteria may vary in their ability to cause disease and to jump between species. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have for the first ti...
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  • Early separation of cow and calf has long-term effects on social behavior

    Early separation of cow and calf has long-term effects on social behavior

    Calves of dairy cows are generally separated from their mothers within the first 24 hours after birth. The majority of the milk thus enters the food market and not the stomachs of the calves. However, growing up without a mother has consequences. Scientists at the Vetmeduni Vienna studied the lon...
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  • Image analysis and artificial intelligence will change dairy farming

    Image analysis and artificial intelligence will change dairy farming

    Dairy farmers are busy with routines such as cleaning cowsheds, milking, and feeding, so it’s very difficult to determine the condition of cows. If this continues, they will remain too busy to ensure the quantity and quality of milk and dairy products. A group of researchers led by Professo...
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  • Care of horses Damage found in the bit area of most Finnish trotters

    Care of horses Damage found in the bit area of most Finnish trotters

    “Soft tissue damage associated with the bit is a common concern in the equine world, but no prior studies on the topic have been carried out among trotters in Finland. This is why we surveyed the oral health of trotters after a race as part of a welfare project coordinated by Suomen Hippos,...
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  • Bovine genetics The startling diversity of Buša cattle

    Bovine genetics The startling diversity of Buša cattle

    In a study of the genetic structure and population dynamics of a unique breed of cattle that is indigenous to Southeastern Europe, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have discovered a remarkable degree of genetic variation. The Buša breed is a threatened autochthonous str...
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  • New treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease from the animal kingdom

    The field of biomimetics offers an innovative approach to solving human problems by imitating strategies found in nature. Medical research could also benefit from biomimetics, as a group of international experts from various fields, including a wildlife veterinarian and wildlife ecologists from V...
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