We then used a real Belgian Blue beef cattle pedigree ... the sequence variants are imputed from 300@ × 8. For some cattle traits, however, Haile-Mariam et al. (2012) found the proportion ...

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 ...

We report the fine-scale mapping of five recessive disorders in cattle and the molecular basis for three of these: congenital muscular dystony (CMD) types 1 and 2 in Belgian Blue cattle and ...

the Belgian Blue. The cattle breed originated in the central and upper Belgium. The real breakthrough came in the 1960s with the development of the great double muscling characteristics.

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 ...

Shaye Roskam, 16, brought her Belgian Blue, Axl Rose, all the way down from Te Aroha in Waikato. Photo / Eve Hyslop / RNZ There were really strong entries in the beef category at this year’s New ...