Source: Lactanet, Hannah Sweett, Ph. D. and Brian Van Doormaal
Lactanet’s improved Feed Efficiency evaluations allow you to better predict an animal’s lifetime feed efficiency and maximize your herd profitability! Are you wondering how your animals can receive a Feed...
Source: Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council news release
More than 200 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) members from 27 U.S. states, four Canadian provinces and 11 countries gathered in person (Middleton, Wis.) and virtually, Nov. 15-17, for the group's 2022 annual...
Source: Holstein Association USA
Genetic evaluations for Productive Life, Somatic Cell Score and Net Merit Dollars of bulls have been available in the U.S. since January 1994. This information is reported for bulls in Sections 1 and 2. Similar genetic...
Source: Pennsylvania State University
Author: Andrew Sandeen
The use of beef sires in dairy herds has increased dramatically in recent years. McWhorter et al. (2020) noted that the number of matings of beef breed sires to dairy cows more than doubled...
Source: Elsevier
Genetic selection is a powerful tool to improve livestock production, given that genetic gains are cumulative and permanent, and feeding behavior in cows may be used as an indicated trait for feed efficiency.
In a new report in the Journal...
Source: Frontiers Journal
Jan Pieter VAN DER BERG1 , Gijs A. KLETER1 , Evy BATTAGLIA1 , Martien A. M. GROENEN2 , Esther J. KOK1
Author information -
1. Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands
2. Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AH...
Source: ScienceDirect
L.F.BritoaN.BederebF.DouhardcH.R.OliveiraadM.ArnalceF.PeñagaricanofA.P.SchinckelaC.F.BaesdgF.Migliord
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Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 270 S. Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN 47 907, USA
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INRAE, Institut Agro, PEGASE, 35 590 Saint-Gilles, France
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GenPhySE, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, F-31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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Source: International Milk Genomics Consortium, Peter Williamson, Ph.D.
Sequencing the bovine genome has made genomic selection of dairy cows possible.
Incorporating genomics into herd improvement schemes has markedly increased productivity and health traits.
Rates of genetic change increased by 50–100%...
Source: Genome Canada
Genomics can help dairy farmers choose cattle stocks that increase milk production while also reducing methane emissions, which present a significant greenhouse gas challenge for the industry.
Around 30% of the anthropogenic methane production globally comes from dairy...
Source: University of Missouri Extension
Ted Probert
Regional Dairy Specialist
The commodity produced on a dairy farm is milk. The production unit is the cow. For a pasture-based dairy to maximize profits, the cow needs to be able to efficiently convert grazed...
