Dairy farming has gained currency in Kenya thanks to increase in population and demand for quality milk. This has necessitated the need for good breeds of dairy cows. A breed is a race or variety ...

Photo:Antony Gitonga/Standard Dairy cattle common diseases ... livestockkenya.com there exists seven types of FMD viruses in the world, with five reported in Kenya. They are O, A, C, SAT1 and ...

If you weren’t raised on or near a farm, you may think there are two types of cows, dairy and beef. Beyond that, there isn’t much difference. However, there are actually more than 250 cattle ...

There are a lot of interesting things that make dairy goats different from dairy cows, and milking them is growing in ...

“We are working to improve the Holstein breeds of dairy cattle, which have outstanding milk production,” says Xihe Li, executive director of dairy breeding technology at the Dairy Breeding and ...

Ease of calving, herd size control and a tasty, profitable end product are reasons a growing number of dairy farmers in the ...

NAIROBI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The lush green, tall, and succulent grass at the expansive Juncao farm in Kenya's northwestern ... milk output among local cattle breeds. As his cows now produce ...

While some people opt for dairy alternatives, cow's milk is an excellent source of calcium, protein, and vitamin D. It's also more hydrating than water, according to a small study by St Andrews ...

Jersey cows are just one type of dairy cows popular with farmers. Their milk is often used for foods high in butterfat, like ice cream. There are other types of dairy cows out there. Here are just ...

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy ... cows, it could gain a survival advantage: the ability to infect more cells and more types ...

As the golden-tinged milk from Miss Daisy, a Jersey cow, filled the clear glass container attached to the side of a mobile dairy classroom Wednesday afternoon, dairy farmer Megan Komar Skip to ...

US public health officials have been monitoring dairy cow herds, as well as beef and milk ... Bird flu belongs to the Influenza A group, one of four types of influenza, and the only one known ...