The Association: The National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) is located in Madison, Wisconsin and is the national trade association for businesses in the Untied States involved with artificial insemination of cattle. NAAB works directly with USDA, U.S. Embassies, appropriate Government Ministries and other global agencies to open and maintain trade access fro bovine semen throughout the world. U.S. genetic improvement programs have developed several breeds that are hig

Findings Could Advance Cattle Production, Help Study Human Disease For more than 35 years, scientists have tried to isolate embryonic stem cells in cows without much success. Under the right conditions, embryonic stem cells can grow indefinitely and make any other cell type or tissue, which has huge implications for creating genetically superior cows. In a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the University of