The Belgian Blue is a class act. They are the Michelangelo of the cattle world. The Belgian Blue is way out of McGregor's league. File Picture.

FOR the first year ever, the Belgian Blue Cattle Society of Ireland will be displaying Belgian Blue/dairy cow cross-bred animals on its stand.

With both live exporters and Irish beef finishers competing at the marts for Belgian Blue cattle, the Belgian Blue display at this year's Ploughing Championships will include examples of the type ...

Belgian farmers worry about the environment On his farm in the Belgian countryside, Cassart breeds livestock himself — around 200 Belgian Blue cattle.

"Belgian blue cattle have a natural mutation in myostatin causing a 20 to 25 percent increase in muscle mass, and mice overexpressing myostatin exhibit a two-fold increase in skeletal muscle mass.

THE Belgian blue is an ugly but tasty cow that has 40% more muscle than it should have. It is the product of random mutation followed by selective breeding—as, indeed, are all domesticated ...

Super-muscly livestock have been produced before. But these animals, like the famous Belgian Blue cattle, are products of meticulous breeding, and not genetic engineering. Belgian Blue bull. Owing ...

Belgian Blue cattle are hulking animals that provide unusually large amounts of prized, lean cuts of beef, the result of decades of selective breeding. Now, a team of scientists from South Korea and ...

"Belgian blue cattle have a natural mutation in myostatin causing a 20 to 25 percent increase in muscle mass, and mice overexpressing myostatin exhibit a two-fold increase in skeletal muscle mass.