Source: CDCB
Changes for the December 5, 2023, CDCB evaluations include updated imputation results for all breeds, new haplotype calls for early onset muscle weakness syndrome in Holsteins, and update to the haplotype calls for cholesterol deficiency in Holsteins.
Full-population imputation...
Source: University of Connecticut, Anna Zarra Aldrich
How do farmers decide which cows to breed and which to put out to pasture?
Historically, farmers have selected cows with genetics for better milk production and quality. More milk means more supply and...
Source: Select Sire
By: Kaitlyn Briggs, DVM, MBA, Director of Environmental Research, DMI
When it comes to efficiently utilizing resources, feeding the world, and caring for animals, the dairy industry is already a success story in sustainability. However, often when people...
Source: University of Wisconsin-Maddison, Heather Schlesser
Picking animals for your farm is one of the most important decisions you can make to improve long-term profitability. Whether it is choosing replacements, or deciding who will become parents, without proper consideration the decisions...
Source: John B Cole, Bayode O Makanjuola, Christina M Rochus, Nienke van Staaveren, Christine Baes, The effects of breeding and selection on lactation in dairy cattle, Animal Frontiers, Volume 13, Issue 3, June 2023, Pages 62–70, https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfad044
Implications
Genetic selection...
Source: Cell Genomics
Ruidong Xiang 1 2 3 12, Lingzhao Fang 4 5, Shuli Liu 6, Iona M. Macleod 2, Zhiqian Liu 2, Edmond J. Breen 2, Yahui Gao 7, George E. Liu 7, Albert Tenesa 4 8, CattleGTEx Consortium,...
Source: Neogen
Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has launched Igenity® Enhanced Dairy, a new and progressive genomic data management tool.
Igenity Enhanced Dairy is a new digital service that empowers dairy producers to make better selection and mating...
Source: South Dakota State University
Written collaboratively by Heidi Carroll, former SDSU Extension Livestock Stewardship Field Specialist & Beef Quality Assurance Coordinator, and Michael Gonda.
Economically relevant traits (i.e., traits that lead to higher profit) should be the focus of all...
Source: GENEX
GENEX, a leading global agricultural cooperative headquartered in Shawano, Wisconsin, and Genetics Australia, Australia's largest artificial breeding supplier cooperative based in Camperdown, Victoria, finalized a strategic joint venture on July 1, 2023.
While URUS, the parent company of GENEX,...
Source: Pennsylvania State University, Jeff Mulhollem
In the fall of 2020, when Chad Dechow got a call from veterinarians in New York describing a strange condition affecting Holstein calves on two farms under their care, he was unfamiliar with the...
