The ability to improve the utilization of nutrients has tremendous potential to improve profitability. It …
Summary: To see the greatest return on investing in genomic-enhanced EPDs, cattle breeders must decrease the average age of sires …
Summary: Understanding the genetic basis of coat color can help create more uniform progeny groups and aid in marketing crossbred calves.
Crossbreeding …
Summary: Genomic information can increase EPD accuracy, particularly for non-parent animals. …
Summary: Inbreeding is associated with an …
Summary: Genetic defects are hereditary conditions that result in an undesirable phenotype (i.e. disease or trait). Genetic tests now exist for many of these …
Mating Systems in Commercial
Summary: Several factors to be considered when developing a mating system include: heterosis, selection tools, market, environmental/management conditions.
Developing a mating system …
Summary: Why are EPDs imprecise for young animals? How can genomics be used to track the random …
Summary: Even when using genomic selection, phenotypes are needed to build EPD accuracy and to retrain genomic predictions.
From a historical point …
Heterosis…The Only Free Lunch
Robert L. (Bob) Weaber, Ph.D.,
State Extension Specialist-Beef Genetics
University of Missouri-Columbia
Ph: 573-882-5479
Email: WeaberR@missouri.edu
High calf and feeder cattle prices during the past couple of years have helped many of Missouri’s cow-calf producers achieve …
