UK Genomics – It is believed that genetic improvement can be increased by about 50 percent through the use of genomics technology but the UK was very slow to take up the genomics mantle and lagged behind much of the world. With its delayed...
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Breeding dairy cows using genomics for an improved dairy herd With the introduction of cattle genotyping in 2008, breeding animals for both dairy and beef may seem to have become rather more complicated for farmers. Not only is there an...
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Genomic Evaluation – For hundreds of years, genetic improvements in dairy herds have been made by farmers who studied a bull’s offspring in each generation and bred only from the best-performing animals. This method has served the industry...
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