Economic evaluation of whole genome selection using meat sheep as a case study

Title
Economic evaluation of whole genome selection using meat sheep as a case study
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Banks, Robert
Van Der Werf, Julius H
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-1696
Email: jvanderw@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jvanderw
Editor
Editor(s): Alex Safari, Bill Pattie, Barrie Restall
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:6321
Abstract
A number of scenarios for meat sheep genetic improvement in Australia are evaluated, incorporating various combinations of additional performance recording via an Information Nucleus (IN), and implementation of Whole Genome Selection (WGS). The unsurprising results are obtained that the increment of economic return depends on the increments of accuracy, speed and cost. Perhaps more interestingly, it is clear that implementation of either IN and or WGS will almost certainly both require but also stimulate evolution of industry structure towards a more clearly defined nucleus:multiplier:commercial base model, and will require further evolution of co-investment, from the current mix of stud breeders, collective industry and taxpayer funds, to models likely to involve investment from processors, retailers and potential from genotyping companies.
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Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.18, p. 430-433
ISSN
1328-3227
ISBN
9780646521039
Start page
430
End page
433

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