The first breeding program in the world to use an entire animal genome is under way. Purdue University animal sciences professor Bill Muir is project co-director for the multimillion dollar research ...

For chickens bred to lay eggs, being male is a gloomy prospect. These cockerels develop too slowly to be raised for meat, so they are usually killed within days of hatching by methods including ...

For chickens bred to lay eggs, being male is a gloomy prospect. These cockerels develop too slowly to be raised for meat, so they are usually killed within days of hatching by methods including ...