GENOMICS is expected to fast-track genetic gain in the Australian dairy industry, with predictions that its use for sireselection could double the rate of genetic gain in herds. There are also benefits from genotyping females, although the value is likely to be realised initially by pedigree breeders, followed later at the commercial farm level. A senior research scientist with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Dr Jennie Pryce, presented information to the Applied Genomics for Livestock Breeding Conference, held in Melbourne in May, about how genotyp-ing of females could be used by dairy-farmers.Dr Pryce is a key member of the Dairy Futures CRC (Co-operative Research Centre) research team. Part of the team's work is to support the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme (ADHIS).
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