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Improving predictions of accuracy for hill sheep
SRUC research looking at accuracy values in the National Hill Sheep Breeding Evaluation has found a better way to account for the impact of genotyping on the accuracy values that are published for EBVs and Indexes.
Major update to the Sussex Cattle Evaluation
18,000 Sussex cattle records have been added to Signet’s National Sussex Cattle Breeding Evaluation, the inclusion of this data will strengthen genetic linkage between herds and enhance our assessment of less well recorded animals.
AHDB Tender - 61190010: Sheep Enviro-Indexes
The AHDB Research & Knowledge Transfer team has issued a Tender relating to ‘61190010: Sheep Enviro-Indexes - Creating an index to breed sheep in Terminal Sire Breeds with a low carbon footprint. The deadline for applications is 12:00 noon on 28th August 2024 and all applications must be submitted to [email protected]