Source: WCDS Advances in Dairy Technology
Mark Carson
EastGen Genetics, Guelph, ON
Email: Mark.Carson@EastGen.ca
Take Home Messages
Reproductive performance has improved in herds larger than 150 cows in central and western Canada since 2011.
Improvements in heifer inventory management can be seen in...
Source: Lactanet
Producers and consumers around the globe have had an increased interest in A2 milk, mainly for its improved digestibility. But did you know there is another milk casein entering the niche market? Kappa Casein is known to play...
Source: University of British Columbia
Technology is everywhere on modern dairy farms. It is now common to see cows being milked using machines like automated milking systems and wearing electronic sensors such as activity monitors than can be used to...
Source: Omafra
Fact Sheet written by: Brian Lang - Dairy Cattle Production Systems Specialist/OMAF and MRA
Activity monitors offer the opportunity for medium to large-sized dairy herds to improve heat detection and, at the same time, reduce dependence upon labour. An...
Source: MDPI
Dave J. Seymour1,3,†, Dagnachew Hailemariam4, Graham Plastow4, Hinayah R. de Oliveira1,2,‡, Christine F. Baes1,5 and Flavio S. Schenkel1,*
1Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
2Lactanet Canada, Guelph, ON N1K...
Source: USA Cattle Genetics
Lifetime Net Merit $ (NM$) is the national selection index in the U.S. Net Merit predicts net profit over the lifetime of the animal’s average daughter, expressed in U.S. dollars. Net Merit ranks dairy animals through...
Source: Lactanet, by: Hannah Sweett, Ph. D. and Brian Van Doormaal
When it comes to reaching your herd goals, selecting which animals as parents of the next generation in your herd is arguably one of the most important decisions. With so much valuable...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
A century of improvement
Canadian dairy cattle genetics are among the best in the world. So it's not surprising that producers in many countries depend on Canadian genetics to provide consistent, high-quality results in their breeding...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada, dairyresearch.ca
Principal Investigator:
FLAVIO SCHENKEL University of Guelph
COLLABORATORS:
Mehdi Sargolzaei, Filippo Miglior and Stephen Miller University of Guelph
OBJECTIVE:
The overall goal of this activity was to carry out research on the development of new genomic evaluation methods in order...
Source: Canadian Dairy Network
Where the relative emphasis placed on each of the three main components in each breed is presented in the following table along with the multiplicative factors for each component.
Production Component (PROD):
PROD = + +...
