The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull deformities, and in this post, we see another lion with drastically shortened ...

South Africa’s Ankole stud industry has grown from fewer than 25 registered breeders a decade ago to more than 80 today, with the national fullblood herd totalling just over 2 000 animals. Dr Sareta ...

Heritable conditions are those that can be passed from a parent to offspring through genetics. These conditions can vary dramatically from breed to breed and species to species. Part of responsible ...

Animal reproduction encompasses the full sequence from gamete formation through fertilisation, embryonic development and parturition. In farm and companion species alike, natural breeding is ...

Burkina Faso is a West African country with 17.3 million people, where the majority of people live in rural areas and rely on agriculture, mainly livestock rearing. Livestock contributes about 18.3 ...

Dog breeding is a huge, lucrative international enterprise, and there are clear problems in breeders’ efforts to produce dogs who suffer from any number of physical and emotional maladies to satisfy ...