GALVmed

History

2018: Bill Gates's investments

At the end of January, 2018 it became known of investments of the cofounder of Microsoft Bill Gates into creation of an ideal cow. The businessman invested  more than 28 million pounds sterling ($40 million) in the GALVmed non-profit organization (Scotland) specializing in creation of vaccines for a livestock and genetics.

As envisioned by the staff of GALVmed, the supercow should produce more milk in comparison with a normal European cow, but to be at the same time same hardy and it is even better to transfer a heat to live in the African countries.

Bill Gates invested $40 million in removal of an ideal cow

The efficiency for  each spent dollar is very high here. We can receive a cow who at  the same survivability will produce  four times more milk  — the edition cites Gates's words.

So far it is unknown how such animals will be created, however earlier Bill Gates suggested to use artificial insemination. According to the cofounder of Microsoft, the cattle breeding and development of production of milk will help to weaken a problem of poverty and hunger which is particularly acute in the countries with slabrazvity economy.

At the same time Gates did not agree with scientists who consider that genetically modified cows will not improve the world, and will promote further deterioration in climate.

He expressed opinion that investments, similar to those which are received by the Scottish creators of an ideal cow will help  not only to strengthen leader positions of Great Britain  in the field of researches and  innovations,  but also  to improve life in  the most poor regions of the planet.

Deal with an issue of removal of the most productive cow in different corners of the world. So, at the University of Florida develop the mechanism of reaction of an animal to  a temperature stress to have an opportunity to produce quality beef under any conditions. In the middle of 2017 scientists received from the U.S. Government a grant for the amount of $733 thousand for development of this project.^[1]

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