Shock causes the release of inflammatory chemicals in the body, and this produces a range of symptoms from a very hot or very cold udder, to one that is either hard or soft, she adds. The cow is ...

These will be provided with estimated breeding values (EBVs) for body condition scores for their cows. During February, B+LNZ ran four body condition and udder scoring workshops for stud breeders. A ...

Big Bertha, a cow owned by a man named Jerome O'Leary, who lived in Sneem, County Kerry, Ireland, indeed lived to the age of 48 and birthed 39 calves, setting two Guinness World Records.

Around the same time India celebrates Diwali, Nepal too enters into a festive spirit with Tihar. Known as a ‘festival of lights,’ this five-day celebration involves honouring the goddess Laxmi, along ...

it’s less likely that those viruses would replicate in the cows’ udders, which is where H5N1 seems to replicate best. Historically, pigs have been viewed as the ideal mixing vessels for ...

With just over two weeks left until the boxing fight, 'Chotu' — an Indian cow — is the latest, and arguably the most surprising, figure to get in on the act of picking a winner and ...

A dairy cow giving birth to extremely rare quadruplet calves has been described as "unheard of" by farm staff. The bull and three heifers arrived fit and healthy at Calcourt Farms in Wernllwyd, Powys.

A multi-pronged approach with ration consistency and genetics at its core has helped the Campbell family increase kilos of fat and protein from 754kg to 1,000kg a cow since 2016. Previously ...

A farmer has decided to propose to his girlfriend in what he thought was a romantic gesture - by putting an engagement ring on a cow's udder. A farmer has decided to propose to his girlfriend in what ...