Seven Years On: What has Single-Step BREEDPLAN meant for the Australian Brahman breed?

Title
Seven Years On: What has Single-Step BREEDPLAN meant for the Australian Brahman breed?
Publication Date
2025-06
Author(s)
Millen, C A
Crook, B J
Williams, P J
Editor
Editor(s): Sue Hatcher
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/74994
Abstract

A multi-trait single-step GBLUP (ssGBLUP) BREEDPLAN analysis that combined pedigree, performance and genomic data was first released for the Australian Brahman Breeders’ Association (ABBA) in April 2017. In the seven years since, Australian Brahman breeders have embraced genotyping, with over 78,000 genotypes included in the analysis. The inclusion of this genomic information has improved the accuracy of BREEDPLAN Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs), although the improvement in EBV accuracy varies by trait and animal. Additionally, the ability to collect genomic information for use in the Brahman BREEDPLAN analysis has seen an increase in the number of young animals offered for sale with published EBVs and Selection Indexes, especially at large multi-vendor sales like the Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale.

Link
Citation
Proceedings of the AAABG 26th Conference, v.26, p. 475-478
Start page
475
End page
478

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