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Rwanda is considering the importation of Girolando cattle breeds from Brazil to boost milk production and improve disease resistance, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources.
Mzee Mathew Kirui could purchase a 70kg bag of wheat bran, a preferred animal feed, for only Sh700.This translates to about ...
Cows on the Gita Valley dairy farm outnumber humans by about 5 to 1, but the 20 full-time human residents prefer it that way. “They’re like big dogs that like to run up to you and try to eat ...
University of Florida researchers are testing a new type of cattle feed that could help dairy cows release less methane gas from burps and flatulence and use nutrients more efficiently.
Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think.
Some are cats. One is a human. None are dairy cattle, at least not yet. “I am ecstatic to be able to say that we do not have this virus in Oregon dairy cattle,” says state veterinarian Dr ...
The meat came from a dairy cow. “It’s a premium product,” says executive chef and partner Daniel Garwood. “The cow has gone through its whole life. There’s a lot of natural marbling. It has an ...
Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a second version of the avian influenza virus that is different from the one rampaging through herds since the spring, Agriculture Department officials ...
In one case, a vet reported having practiced only in Georgia (on dairy cows) and South Carolina (on poultry) — two states that have not reported H5N1 infections in dairy cows. Seema Lakdawala ...
The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...
Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new strain of bird flu virus different from the one circulating in other herds throughout the past year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ...