The bison ranchers and farmers who are reconnecting the public with the great taste and nutritional benefits of bison are heirs to a colorful legacy of bison restoration at the hands of private landowners. Much has been written through the years about the role that conservationists played in pulling bison back from the brink of …
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Geneticists at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine have conducted DNA testing on more than 40,000 bison from public and private bison herds. They have developed two genetic assays to uncover past evidence of hybridization between bison and domestic cattle. The first genetic test involves mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) which is only passed from mother …
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Bovid species evolved over millions of years in Africa, Asia, Europe, India and North America. While historically bison (American and European) are found in North America and Europe, buffalo are really old world species that evolved in Africa and Asia. Cape and Water buffalo evolved in Africa, while swamp buffalo and other large bovids (Anoa, …
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