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NZAEL new fertility trait update | Ep. 68

December 18, 2023 DairyNZ
NZAEL new fertility trait update | Ep. 68
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Talking Dairy
NZAEL new fertility trait update | Ep. 68
Dec 18, 2023
DairyNZ

DairyNZ’s subsidiary NZAEL (New Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited) has recently made a new fertility trait update – in this episode we’ll discuss what this change will mean and how it will benefit farmers. Our guests are Ee Cheng Ooi from Abacus Bio, vet and geneticist who worked with NZAEL to develop the new fertility estimated breeding value, NZAEL quantitative geneticist, Melissa Stephen, who recently completed her PhD on early-in-life predictors of an animal’s genetic merit for fertility, and Hayden Lawrence, South Taranaki dairy farmer, who shares the impact a more accurate Breeding Value will have on his farm business.

Read more about the latest from NZAEL on our website.

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DairyNZ’s subsidiary NZAEL (New Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited) has recently made a new fertility trait update – in this episode we’ll discuss what this change will mean and how it will benefit farmers. Our guests are Ee Cheng Ooi from Abacus Bio, vet and geneticist who worked with NZAEL to develop the new fertility estimated breeding value, NZAEL quantitative geneticist, Melissa Stephen, who recently completed her PhD on early-in-life predictors of an animal’s genetic merit for fertility, and Hayden Lawrence, South Taranaki dairy farmer, who shares the impact a more accurate Breeding Value will have on his farm business.

Read more about the latest from NZAEL on our website.

Who are NZAEL, how they work for farmers
Importance of fertility
What is a fertility Breeding Value
New Fertility Trait
Changes to Breeding Values and what farmers may see
Importance of data collection for Breeding Values
Future plans to further improve Breeding Values
Melissa Stephen's fertility research
Importance of Breeding Values animal efficiency