By Martin M Barillas American Holstein cattle breeders rely on genetic traits from just two bulls, endangering genetic diversity and future milk and beef production, but the development of gene banking for cattle stem cells offers possible solutions. In the 1990s, an Indian farmer imported Holstein semen to cross with native Sahiwal cattle, engendering a revolutionary mixed breed that promised […]
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