AMES, Iowa – Beef and dairy producers want the animals in their herds to possess the best genetics possible. But a cow can have only one calf per year, which places a natural limitation on how widely ...

Superovulation and embryo transfer form a cornerstone of modern cattle breeding, enabling rapid dissemination of superior genetics by inducing multiple ovulations in donor cows and transferring ...

Embryo transfer allows producers to utilize both their best male and female traits in their herds. It's something that has become more adopted in the dairy cattle industry. Chelsea Abbott, dairy ...

For Ohio cattle producers, this research represents a practical step toward improving reproductive efficiency. If successful, these tools could help increase conception rates, reduce costs per ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University animal science and veterinary researchers made possible the first ever successful bovine embryo transfers in the Republic of Kosovo, paving the way toward improved ...

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) allows the multiplication of elite livestock and conservation of endangered species. However, restrictions on cow slaughter limit the access to oocytes for SCNT ...

Dr. Jim Donahue and his team at ReproHealth Technologies are tweaking the design on a device that allows a surrogate cow to incubate embryos. (IBJ photos/Eric Learned) Dr. Jim Donahue did not ...

The Beefmaster is an American composite breed, developed by Tom Lasater from Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn cattle selected ...