Shillong, Oct. 8: Meghalaya is all set to have a wool bank where due weightage will be given to sheep and angora rabbit rearing.

Let’s presume for a moment that you aren’t someone who thinks a great deal about dairy farming. Like me, for example. You (or I) may think you have this idea about what it means to milk a cow.

KORAPUT: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the much-awaited cattle breeding programme at a function here on Thursday.

A genetically modified cow whose milk lacks a substance that causes allergic reactions in people has been created by scientists in New Zealand.

In their first year of life, two or three in every hundred infants are allergic to a whey protein in milk called BLG. The researchers engineered the cow, called Daisy, to produce milk that doesn’t contain the protein. While the genetic alteration slashed levels of BLG protein in the cow’s milk to undetectable levels, it more than doubled the concentrations of other milk proteins called caseins.

Sudha milk tankers may be equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) to keep tabs on their movement and prevent pilferage while on the move, something that Bihar State Co-operative Milk Producer

With a view to save the rare species of wild buffalo (Ban Bhainsa) from extinction, State Government has invited famous wildlife embryo biotechnology expert Dr SK Singla of Hissar, Haryana to Udant

Srinagar: The famous shepherd dog species of Kashmir - Bakerwali - is facing threat of extinction.

The H5N1 avian flu virus has been detected in the city of Zhanjiang in South China's Guangdong province, experts confirmed on Tuesday.

Chandigarh: After its experiments with setting up a solar power hatchery to breed chicks did not yield the desired results, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have launched a