Genetic evaluation for the Australian sheep industry

Title
Genetic evaluation for the Australian sheep industry
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Brown, Daniel
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4786-7563
Email: dbrown2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dbrown2
Huisman, Abe
Swan, Andrew
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8048-3169
Email: aswan@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:aswan
Graser, Hans Ulrich
Woolaston, R R
Ball, Alex
Atkins, K D
Banks, Robert
Editor
Editor(s): AAABG: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:4249
Abstract
Sheep Genetics Australia (SGA) was established to deliver a national across-flock genetic evaluation system to the Australian sheep industry for terminal sires, maternal sires and Merinos. To achieve the aim of providing a single national genetic evaluation language for Australian sheep breeders, significant developments to existing systems were necessary and required various new innovations. These included the amalgamation of databases, data transformations, refinement of analysis models, genetic grouping methodology, updated genetic parameters, multiple trait across-flock linkage assessments, index development, and reporting changes. Since the establishment of SGA, research and development to further improve the system has continued. This paper describes SGA and the analysis used to estimate Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs). More information is located at www.sheepgenetics.org.au.
Link
Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.17, p. 187-194
ISSN
1328-3227
ISBN
1921208139
Start page
187
End page
194

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