Summary: Typically only a subset of heifers are replacement candidates due to size (smaller heifers are often …
Summary: Completely avoiding both horns and scurs in your cowherd is near impossible for most commercial cattle producers. Understanding how …
Summary: Knowledge of which traits are antagonistic can be utilized to manage the impact of selection decisions on other correlated traits. However, it is important …
What is Gene Editing?
Gene editing is a category of new methods that can be used to precisely edit or change the …
Summary: Selection indices provide a single value, usually reported in dollars, for the selection of breeding stock that optimizes selection on a number …
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EPDs represent the genetic component of an animal’s phenotype that is expected to be passed on to the next generation. Studies have …
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Producers may wish to collect DNA samples on animals for a variety of reasons including parentage testing, quantitative trait testing, testing for genetic defects, …
Summary: Complex diseases such as BRDC involve the influence of many genes and are by definition hard …
Beef Sire Selection Recommendations
Summary: Selecting the right bull is critical to the success of a genetic selection program, and should be …
Genetic Practices to Improve
Summary: Reproduction is typically a lowly heritable trait, but there are genetic practices that can help improve reproduction rates.
Reproduction …
