Penn State and NAGP identify and reconstitute two lost Holstein lines

(Elsevier) more than 99 percent of Holstein bulls born using artificial insemination in the last decade trace their male lineage to just two bulls born in the 1960s. Efforts to reconstitute two lost male lineages are reported in a recent article by scientists from the Pennsylvania State University Department of Animal Science and the National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP), in the Journal of Dairy Science, published by Elsevier and FASS, Inc.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 11, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news