Normally having eyes glued to your ass would be a workplace no-no, but this new technique is a real life-saver down at the farm (All images courtesy of UNSW Sydney; photo by Ben Yexley) A joint study ...

The government has said the ongoing battle against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is placing significant pressure on the ...

Botswana’s beef industry is under mounting pressure as foot-and-mouth disease disrupts exports, closes key slaughter facilities and threatens rural incomes in a country where cattle remain central to ...

Botswana is intensifying efforts to control a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak while managing investigations into ...

A conservation biologist at Australia’s University of New South Wales said in July that his team was headed to Botswana to paint eyeballs on cows’ rear ends. It’s a solution to the problem of farmers ...

Botswana is currently battling a serious outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) that has spread across several parts of the country, placing pressure on the economy and livelihoods, says the Acting ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has put restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in the northeast of the country after an incursion of buffalo from Zimbabwe put cattle at risk of ...

Cattle, a cover term for cows (female cattle) and bulls (male cattle), have played a key role in human societies. There are over 1,000 breeds of cattle worldwide, and they have served as a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cows are seen at a a farm in a file photo, outside Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg April 13, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko ...

Cattle herds in the Okavango delta region in Botswana are plagued by attacks by lions and other predators, prompting farmers to retaliate by killing the predators. An alternative nonlethal technique ...