Livestock

August 19, 2008June 26, 2009

Special publication on livestock genetic resources

Livestock Science has a special issue on animal genetic resources. Or it will have, it doesn’t seem to be out yet, although some corrected proofs are available. You can get a flavour of the thing with the introduction. Here are some of the highlights:

Animal genetic resource trade flows: Economic assessment
Genebank development for the conservation of livestock genetic resources in the United States of America
Molecular characterization of breeds and its use in conservation
Animal genetic resource trade flows: The utilization of newly imported breeds and the gene flow of imported animals in the United States of America
Research opportunities in the field of animal genetic resources
Present status of the conservation of livestock genetic resources in Brazil
Saving threatened native breeds by autonomous production, involvement of farmers organization, research and policy makers: The case of the Sicilo-Sarde breed in Tunisia, North Africa

August 19, 2008August 20, 2008

Nibbles: Hemp, Galip, Fort Collins, Dwarf cows, Persephone, Atolls

No member of the plant kingdom has ever been so willfully and stubbornly misunderstood.
EU funds US$ 300 million to develop galip nut (Canarium indicum) in New Britain.
Happy Birthday, Fort Collins.
First, pocket pigs. Now, mini-cows. Watch our hits go through the roof.
The story of the mother who went to Hell to protect her daughter.
Kiribati to get atoll agriculture development centre. But where will they put it?

August 18, 2008August 19, 2008

Nibbles: Sheep, Media, Potato

A sheep breed back from the brinkÂ in Tunisia.
IIED paper on Biodiversity and the media. Thanks, Susanna.
Lima to boast Potato Museum.

August 17, 2008

Nibbles: Horse milk, GMOs

Marketing Indonesian horse milkÂ as a nutraceutical. Good luck with that.
Nick Cohen on Prince Charles on GMOs: “Like Marie Antoinette, he sees the poor as happiest when they have their place in a natural order, with royalty at its head.”

August 17, 2008August 17, 2008

Cow Parade

There was an article in the local paper on Saturday which described how some of the exhibits at the recent Cow Parade in San Jose were a bit worse for wear and were being repaired. Well, I’d never heard of Cow Parade, but it sounds like fun. You can check out the entries for the San Jose event online. I just wish there was more phenotypic diversity on show, all the entries in the Wikipedia article look like basically the same breed.