AFTER several years trying to curtail the rapid spread of Foot and Mouth disease across South Africa, the livestock sector ...

Using ancient DNA, researchers have determined cattle were imported from Africa to the Americas much earlier in the process of European colonization than documented. The first records of African ...

Ankole genetics were introduced into South Africa by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2004 after he visited Uganda. In 2016, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — What stinks? Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city. City officials inspected sewage facilities ...

This technology allows researchers to control and monitor the amount of feed consumed by each animal, resulting in a significant reduction in both methane and CO2 emissions. THE Faculty of Natural and ...

In the April 12 Science, Olivier Hanotte and colleagues describe efforts to define the genetic history of African cattle pastoralism, their origins and migrations (Science 2002, 296:336-339). Hanotte ...

After several years trying to curtail the rapid spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD) across South Africa, the livestock ...

Cattle may seem like uniquely American animals, steeped in the lore of cowboys, cattle drives and sprawling ranches. But cattle didn’t exist on the American continents prior to the arrival of the ...