Source: Beef Improvement Federation
The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) announces the major update of iGENDEC for constructing custom selection indexes. The model update now includes a Beef x Dairy production circumstance.
Beef x Dairy or dairy beef crossbreds are a growing...
Source: Government of Alberta
Genomics, the study of the genetic information in humans, plants, animals and microbes, helps scientists learn patterns and functions that can be used to improve environmental stewardship and health care treatment or create more robust crops...
Source: University of Arkansas
Improvement of the next generation calf crop is dependent upon the breeding decisions you make. Herd sire selection should be a thought-provoking and profit-driven decision process.
Males account for approximately 90% of the gene pool, contributing more...
Source: Beef Improvement Federation
by Larry Kuehn and Mark Thallman
Across-Breed EPD (ABEPD) Adjustment Factors: National Cattle Evaluation (NCE), and the resulting Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs), have resulted in substantial genetic change since their inception in the 1970s. However, EPDs are...
Source: Pennsylvania State University
Expected progeny differences (EPDs) have been applied to improve the genetics of beef cattle for almost four decades. Expected progeny differences are predictions of the genetic transmitting ability of a parent to its offspring and are...
Source: RDAR
The Canadian Angus Association will receive $3.8M to increase Canadian cattle producers' ability to make data-driven decisions based on genomics to economically benefit their commercial livestock operations. The investment will be used to develop a genetic selection tool...
Source: AgBoost news release
After years of product development and field testing, AgBoost announced the global commercial expansion of its cloud-based data analysis platform that helps cattle producers interpret genomic data for selective breeding, health, market value and nutrition management.
Despite...
Source: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
Mueller, M.L., Van Eenennaam, A.L. Synergistic power of genomic selection, assisted reproductive technologies, and gene editing to drive genetic improvement of cattle.CABI Agric Biosci 3, 13 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00080-z
Abstract
Genetic improvement of cattle around the globe has...
Source: OMAFRA
Learn the causes of some genetic abnormalities in beef cattle and how to deal with them.
Introduction
Congenital defects can cause abortion or be present at time of birth. They are uncommon but do occur in most breeds of cattle....
Source: University of Missouri Extension, Jared Decker
Summary: Why are EPDs imprecise for young animals? How can genomics be used to track the random shuffle of genes?
Even though expected progeny differences (EPDs) have been used by the beef industry for over...
