As a member of Uganda’s Bahima tribe, Olivia Byanyima carries a deep reverence for the African Ankole cow. “Our culture revolves around this animal,” she says. But in recent years the number of ...
For the first time in its 163-year history, the Philadelphia Zoo is home to a distinctive breed of African cattle – the Ankole-Watusi – that stands out from the typical herd due to its huge, curved ...
History of Ankole cattle For some 6,000 years, a group of very similar cattle with long horns have played a role in the lives ...
What would a vice president at SC Johnson Business School at Cornell University in the United States, an interior design ambassador in New York, and an associate professor at America's first research ...
Nearly three months after the untimely end of one of the Virginia Zoo’s Watusi cattle, two brand-new steers have made their debut. The new cattle come by way of a generous rancher – not from across ...
A rare powder horn that belonged to an African American soldier killed in the Revolutionary War has gone on display in Philadelphia. The elaborately carved cow’s horn belonged to Gershom Prince, who ...
Head scientist of the animal genetics project at the International Livestock Research Institute, Dr Okeyo Mwai, does not hide his love for cows. Raised in western Kenya, his first connection with ...
Ethiopian Boran cattle ILRI – Camille Hanotte An ancient crossbreeding of Bos taurus (African taurine) with Bos indicus (Asian zebu or indicine) probably shaped the genome of today’s cattle in the ...
Through strategic breeding, African cattle are resilient to extreme weather conditions and sickness, according to a study. Insights could be used to breed cattle which are not only tough to withstand ...
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