K-State beef cattle experts discuss how to effectively manage artificial insemination in the herd Late spring is the time of year when cattle are turned out on grass pastures and cows are grouped with ...

The summer months can be tough on cattle, especially when it's extremely hot and humid. In fact, cows can develop heat stress, which can impact reproduction. It's something Dr. Heather Schlesser with ...

The days of guess work in breeding dairy cattle are gone. Today's DNA sequencing means more productive cows and less pollution. Breeding cattle through artificial insemination began in the 1940’s.

A new DNA bank offers huge opportunities for improvement of cattle breeding. The sequencing of the bovine genome has been completed and presents new opportunities to discover the influence of genes on ...

Genetic selection is the first step. Key genetic selection tools for breeding cattle include Expected Progeny Differences, ...

“We have found differences between cattle that are essentially able to establish a pregnancy versus those that do not, differences in their uterine microbiome before breeding,” Poole said. “So really ...

Dr. Jim Donahue and his team at ReproHealth Technologies are tweaking the design on a device that allows a surrogate cow to incubate embryos. (IBJ photos/Eric Learned) Dr. Jim Donahue did not ...

DANE COUNTY (WKOW) -- A 152-year-old farm in Dane county is just one of three in Wisconsin to breed a specific type of cattle. The owner of Generations Beef said they began breeding the beef cattle in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article attempts to present the broad outlines of technological change in Dutch cattle breeding and dairy farming over the last 150 years ...