A University of Wisconsin research professor is nearly finished with a study on genomic selection for feed efficiency in dairy cows.
Dr. Kent Weigel is the chairman of Dairy Science department, specializing in breeding and genetics. He says, “We’re trying to do 8,000 cows, we’re over 6,000 so far, and form a genomic reference population that then we can use to make predictions for feed efficiency. You know, using those data (sets), we can predict the feed efficiency of any heifer calf or the feed efficiency daughters of any bull at any breeding company.”
Weigel tells Brownfield the study has required a lot of labor over the past five years, making detailed measurements of each cow.
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