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BIF's Position on DNA Technology for Beef Improvement

Read about how incorporating DNA tests enhances National Cattle Evaluation, provided by the ASA's Multi-Breed Cattle Evaluation. Discover the significance of EPD with accuracy for selection. Learn how ASA's 50K DNA Test helps improve genetic evaluation and profits.

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BIF's Position on DNA Technology for Beef Improvement

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  1. DNA Technology

  2. Beef Improvement Federation Position Statement (11/07) “BIF believes that information from DNA tests only has value in selection when incorporated with all other forms of performance information for economically important traits in National Cattle Evaluation, and when communicated in the form of an EPD with a corresponding accuracy”.

  3. DNA ASA Multi-Breed Cattle Evaluation EPD Phenotypes

  4. Development of ASA’s Test • Gathered approx. 3000 DNA samples • Collected millions of phenotypes • Genotyped samples w/ 50K & 700K SNP panels • Built infrastructure for incorporation into genetic evaluation The results are in…

  5. ASA’s 50K DNA Test… % of genetic variation accounted for by test

  6. Translated into Something Meaningful…

  7. Contribution varies by population and animals within population… Progeny Equivalents Progeny Equivalents Progeny Equivalents

  8. American Simmental Association We do the science. You make the profit.

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