The information nucleus: A new concept to enhance sheep industry genetic improvement

Title
The information nucleus: A new concept to enhance sheep industry genetic improvement
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Fogarty, N M
Banks, Robert
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7303-033X
Email: rbanks@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rbanks
Van Der Werf, Julius Herman
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-1696
Email: jvanderw@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jvanderw
Ball, Alex
Gibson, John Paul
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0371-2401
Email: jgibson5@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jgibson5
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:4174
Abstract
The Information Nucleus is an innovation for sheep industry improvement that is a program of the new CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation. It will allow breeders to quickly exploit new technology and molecular information to achieve more rapid genetic improvement in the industry. Key young industry sires are progeny tested for an extensive range of traits in widely differing environments. Genetic information will be generated on new traits and those that are difficult to measure commercially. Some of the benefits will flow immediately to industry through enhanced accuracy of Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs) for current and new traits. The longer term benefits to industry will flow from development of sheep genomic technologies such as whole genome scans and molecular breeding values combined with existing quantitative ASBVs. The Information Nucleus involves mating 100 sires to 5000 ewes annually across 8 major sites over the range of sheep production environments in Australia. The progeny represent the major Merino and crossbred types in the industry and will be evaluated for a wide range of growth, carcass, meat, wool, reproduction and parasite resistance traits.
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Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.17, p. 29-32
ISSN
1328-3227
ISBN
1921208139
Start page
29
End page
32

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