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Dr. Kent Anderson Says It's Been The Decade of DNA Testing For Impoved Cattle Genetics
Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:01:00 CST
In today's Beef Buzz, Ron Hays talks with Dr. Kent Anderson, Director of Technical Services for Zoetis Animal Genetics, about the explosion of genetic information for cattle during the past decade.
"We think that in 2020 in the beef seedstock world, we will cross the one million mark for those that have been high density 50,000 marker tested," said Anderson. "This is good news for commercial cow-calf producers because they can buy bulls with more accurate genomic enhanced EPDs."
Anderson said it's like the bull having a first calf crop on the ground with all the genetic data before he becomes a parent.
Anderson said commercial cow/calf producers would benefit by soon having the same genetic data once only available to the seed stock producers.
The animal geneticist added this would allow commercial producers to quickly and easily pinpoint profitable animals.
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