A 1997 study in Genome Research describing Belgian Blue genetics described their characteristics this way: Compared with normal cattle, Belgian Blue and Piedmontese animals have an increased ...

The Belgian Blue and the Piedmontese, another breed with myostatin problems ... Imagine if everyone had the ability to comb through their sperm and find those mutant gametes with the desired traits ...

The Belgian Blue Herd-Book is a national society acting for the general interests of breeders and entrusted with the selection and the promotion of the breed, set up in 1973. According to ...

Suppose witnessing bulls so massive they seem straight out of a mythical tale. In this video, we explore the 10 largest bulls from around the world, each with a size and strength that will leave you ...

A farmer is showing the Belgian Blue breed at his farm in Avelgem, Belgium. ... The real breakthrough came in the 1960s with the development of the great double muscling characteristics.

Genotyping 2,000 unaffected Belgian Blue animals for the R559C variant did not reveal a single individual homozygous for the Cys559-encoding mutation despite a frequency of the Cys559 allele of 0. ...