Skim Milk Straight From the Cow

WELLINGTON (AFP) - Skim milk may one day come straight from the udder with New Zealand scientists working to develop a dairy herd that naturally produces low-fat milk, reports said Monday.

Scientists from ViaLactia, a biotechnology offshoot of giant dairy cooperative Fonterra, found a cow in 2001 which naturally produced low-fat milk. They have since successfully bred calves from the cow they affectionately named Marge that also produce skim milk.