COLLEGE STATION, Texas – In 54 Texas counties where disasters have officially been declared due to Hurricane Harvey, more than 1.2 million beef cows normally live, according to a United States Department of Agriculture inventory report. “That’s 27 percent of the state’s cowherd,” said Dr. David Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife extension service livestock economist in […] Read more
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Researchers clone disease-resistant bull
In a groundbreaking procedure, researchers at Texas A&M University successfully cloned what is believed to be the first animal specifically cloned for disease resistance. The month-old calf was cloned using cells that were frozen for 15 years, representing the longest time ever that genetic material has been maintained by cryopreservation, thawed and successfully used in […] Read more
