A highly infectious disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals like cattle could upend New Zealand’s economy if it crosses our border. Cases […]
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Low allergy milk from engineered cow – experts respond
New Zealand scientists have genetically engineered a cow to produce milk lacking beta-lactoglobulin, a protein to which some people are […]
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A new livestock virus spreading across Europe and panicking farmers in the Norther Hemisphere is unlikely to reach New Zealand […]
Continue readingSMC(UK) Fact Sheet on Schmallenberg virus
This fact sheet was produced by the SMC UK to give journalists a background on the Schmallenberg virus currently affecting […]
Continue readingScience funding shows results
Writing for the Dominion Post‘s Business Day, Jon Morgan holds up solid new research as an example of why science […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: GM grass trial aims to cut cows’ gas
Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald reports on efforts to develop and grow a new type of grass – […]
Continue readingMethane research inspired by NZ farmers
Greenhouse gases produced by cow burps are growing at a faster rate than the man-made emissions responsible for global warming, […]
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