GM cow a step closer to commercial pastures

A type of domestically grown genetically modified dairy cow resistant to an infection that lowers milk yield is expected to reach the market in five to eight years, according to a national legislator.

The bacterial infection, mastitis, is widespread among dairy cattle.

Sun Qixin, president of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University and a National People's Congress deputy, said the university has been researching a GM cow for seven years.