Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4149
Title: Genetic evaluation for the Australian sheep industry
Contributor(s): Brown, Daniel  (author)orcid ; Huisman, Abe (author); Swan, Andrew  (author)orcid ; Graser, Hans Ulrich  (author); Woolaston, R R (author); Ball, Alex (author); Atkins, K D (author); Banks, Robert  (author)
Publication Date: 2007
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4149
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.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AAABG 2007: 17th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Armidale, Australia, 23rd - 26th September, 2007
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.17, p. 187-194
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
ISSN: 1328-3227
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070201 Animal Breeding
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830311 Sheep - Wool
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.aaabg.org/livestocklibrary/2007/brown187.pdf
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35062558?selectedversion=NBD42373479
Appears in Collections:Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU)
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