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Methane emissions from cows and sheep can be reduced by 25% using breeding programmes

08/04/2025 - WUR is starting the Global Methane Genetics initiative, an international project to significantly reduce methane emissions from cows and sheep. The Animal Breeding and Genomics group is leading an...

Genetic selection as effective methane mitigation tool in livestock: symposium on behalf of the PhD defence of Anouk van Breukelen

12/09/2024 - The symposium will take place on Tuesday 15 October and will give an overview of genetic selection strategies for reduced methane emission in cattle and sheep in different countries.

Effective data management plays vital role for smallholder sheep and goat breeding programs

27/03/2024 - Sheep and goat breeding plays a vital socioeconomic role in the agricultural sector across Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) and beyond, providing valuable resources such as meat, milk,...

SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience

21/11/2023 - SMARTER will develop and deploy innovative strategies to improve Resilience and Efficiency (R&E) related traits in sheep and goats. SMARTER will find these strategies by: i) generating and...

Safety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of essential oils from the fruit and stems of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. ssp. vulgare: Bitter fennel oil for use in all animal species and sweet fennel oil for use in dogs and cats (FEFANA asbl)

30/10/2023 - Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of essential oils from fruit and stems of Foeniculum vulgare Mill....

CGN presents new insights at the 74th EAAP annual meeting

28/09/2023 - The annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) in Lyon provided CGN researchers with an opportunity to share their latest insights, for example on native Dutch cattle breeds,...

Beyond The Headlines: Subway sandwich chain sells to Roark Capital, Asia vertical farm boost

25/08/2023 - 25 Aug 2023 --- In this week’s news, sandwich chain Subway is set to be acquired by private equity firm Roark Capital. FarmByte and Archisen, an agri-tech company from Singapore, have agreed to...

Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of an essential oil derived from the fruit of Illicium verum Hook.f. (star anise oil) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl)

31/07/2023 - Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of star anise oil from the fruit (without or with the presence of plant...

Verification of parentage for Jutland cattle of the ‘Stroomdal’ herd

20/04/2023 - Jutland cattle are making a more frequent appearance on heath landscape in the Netherlands. In National park Drensche Aa, you can see the animals as they accompany the shepherds and their sheep, as...

Successful importation of GenoMar tilapia broodstock into Colombia

20/02/2023 - by Editorial Staff|Published February 20,...

Cambridge Technologies welcomes two new veterinarians to team

- Cambridge Technologies welcomes two new additions to its veterinary team. Todd Wolff has joined the Cambridge Technologies Swine Team as a technical services veterinarian, while Megan...