Heritage cattle breeds are valued for their ancestry as well as their distinctive physical triats, which make their meat and milk stand out from conventional cattle products. These in-depth profiles ...

The concept of cattle breeds, rather than local types, is said to have originated in Britain under the influence of Robert Bakewell in the 18th century (Porter, 1991). It was during that period that ...

Cattle were domesticated approximately 10,000 years ago to secure supplies of meat, milk and power. Recently, genomic selection has been adopted globally by cattle industries to accelerate genetic ...

Olivier Hanotte receives funding through ILRI from the Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock (CRP Livestock ...