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They were designed to be safer: How de-horned cows created at UC Davis were doomed

They were designed to be safer: How de-horned cows created at UC Davis were doomed

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/29/they-were-designed-to-be-safer-how-de-horned-cows-were-doomed/

Every year, millions of beef cattle are born without horns, a trait that naturally emerged in Scottish pastures in the 16th century and has since spared many lives from goring.

But when UC Davis created horn-free dairy cattle — through gene-editing, rather than generations of routine breeding — federal regulators did not welcome the new bovines to the herd.