Good news for the cattle industry. A team of scientists managed to complete a research study which ended with the decoding of the cow genome. The findings of the study could be the starting point of a process to enhance the cattle industry. 

 

By analyzing the blueprint of the DNA code, researchers found out the roles plaid by many of the animal’s genes. By using this kind of information, researchers could have a major impact in cow breeding. 

 

To complete the study, the team of researchers carried out tests and trials for about six years. The team was formed by 300 researchers from 25 countries. The findings of the study led by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are being published in the Friday edition of the journal Science and a number of other scientific journals. 

 

The researchers decoded the genetic sequence of "L1 Dominette 01449," a Hereford cow at a research farm near Miles City, Mont.

 

The findings of the study will definitely have a big impact on the $49 billion US cattle industry. Researchers could improve the cows’ resistance to diseases and find better way of treating the disease if it occurs. 

 

The study also involved comparing the cow decoded genome to that of human, mouse, rat, opossum, dog and platypus. The conclusion was that the cow genome is more similar to that of human that to that of the mouse.