A new milestone was met on December 13, 2018, when the three millionth genotype was uploaded to the national cooperator database managed by CDCB. Approximately 700,000 new genotypes were added to the national database in 2018. Most of the growth in genomic services involved females, confirming the trending use of genomic evaluations used as a herd management tool.
The genomics 2.0 bovine map is here and while you will see some immediate changes, ultimately genomics 2.0 delivers a number of important improvements for dairy (and beef) genetics now and into the future. Beginning [Read More …]
The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) hosted its fifth annual industry meeting at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 1, drawing dairy producers and representatives from artificial insemination (AI), genomic nominators, breed associations, [Read More …]
Know someone interested in joining this team? The CDCB welcomes applications for a new full-time GENETICIST position to join our team in Bowie, MD, USA (https://www.uscdcb.com/who-we-are/work-for-us/ ). We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic individual [Read More …]
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