The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has officially recognised 16 breeds of livestock and dogs across 13 states ...

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 Fleckvieh is the second-largest dairy breed in the world and one of Europe’s oldest according to an online publication, The Organic Farmer. According to the Daily Nation, Fleckviehs are highly ...

Herefords were once the most popular cattle breed in the country, but black breeds like Angus are taking over due to picky ...

The smallest breed of dairy cattle is the Jersey cow, native to the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands off France. Adults average 120 cm in height, and weigh on average 400–500 kg. It is an ...

A comparison of Japanese Wagyu and Nanyang cattle found associations among rumen carbohydrate-active enzymes, fermentation ...

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 ...

Cows with the slick gene have sleek, short hair that helps keep them cool. T.A. Olson via the USDA Farmers across the world are breeding cows with a mutation that gives them a higher heat tolerance—an ...

The heifer will now be transported to the president’s farm. The head of state immediately asked specialists to provide detailed instructions on how to properly keep and feed a cow of this breed. “I ...

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 ...