In Indonesia, cattle are not just cattle. The large island-nation houses a variety of different breeds, locally preferred for their unique set of physical attributes and strongly linked to culture and ...

The smallest breed of cattle is the Vechur breed of Kerala, India. Their average height from the ground to the hump (similar to a camel's hump, but near the shoulders of certain cattle) for the cow is ...

It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is dwindling fast.

The breed of dairy cattle producing the highest butterfat and protein yield is the Jersey cow, native to the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands off France. It yields 4.84% butterfat in its milk, ...

Some of China’s most valued beef cattle carry within their genomes a story of ancient migration, hybridization, and human ...

"Due to the wet start to the year, we were not able to plant rye grass at the normal time and had a hard winter for feed and ...