Avoiding milk fat drop during heat stress Heat stressed dairy cows often suffer milk fat depression, which can be costly to producers in the current challenging dairy market. However, ongoing research suggests that optimising rumen function can help sustain milk fat concentrations in cows under heat stress. Milk fat synthesis depends on fatty acids from […]
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About Fayoumi Chickens: Backyard Egyptian Birds Last week my Egyptian Fayoumi hen fell prey to the neighbor’s dogs that have formed a pack and started tormenting my flock. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that chicken because of her unique disposition. Once she left the brooder, I never laid another hand on her. Despite the
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Viruses genetically engineered to kill bacteria rescue girl with antibiotic-resistant infection One week after Helen Spencer’s 15-year-old cystic fibrosis patient had a double lung transplant in September 2017, the incision wound turned bright red. For half her life, Isabelle Carnell had been battling a drug-resistant infection of Mycobacterium abscessus, and now it was rapidly spreading, erupting
Researchers find genes that could help create more resilient chickens An international team of scientists, led by Penn State researchers, have identified genes that may help farmers, especially ones in low- and middle-income countries, breed chickens that can resist one of the biggest disease threats facing poultry today. In the study, the researchers found that a
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