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MORE ACCURATE AND PROFITABLE GENETIC DECISIONS
- Distributed by the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA)
- Predict the genetic merit of Red Angus, and red gene carrier Black Angus animals
- Delivers GE-EPDs that integrate genomic results with pedigree and performance data from the RAAA
- More accurate GE-EPDs and indexes, parentage verification for hard-to-measure traits
Bull buyers increasingly insist on tested bulls. HD50K delivers the information buyers want:
- GE-EPDs, indexes for 13 traits, two indexes, plus parentage verifications
- HD50K for Red Angus genotypes are included in the International Genetic Solutions (IGS), multi-breed single-step genetic evalutation
- The resulting accuracy from HD50K marker information and verified parentage is equivalent to an initial progeny proof of roughly a dozen calves, depending upon the trait1
Reduce selection and breeding mistakes—with HD50K you get to know now:
- Heifer bulls: GE-EPDs for calving ease direct and birth weight have accuracies roughly equivalent to bulls with 22 and 13 progeny, respectively1
- Growth/carcass bulls: GE-EPDs for growth and carcass merit have accuracies roughly equivalent to bulls with 15 and 10 progeny, respectively1
- All-purpose bulls: GE-EPDs for applicable traits have accuracies roughly equivalent to bulls with 12 progeny/carcasses/daughters1
- For females, GE-EPDs deliver more accuracy than a typical lifetime of progeny performance information contributing to traditional genetic evaluation2
ADVANCED GENOMIC SOLUTIONS: LEARN MORE.
Unlock the value of your herd’s genetic potential.
Email this page to yourself or a friendSelection and mating decisions are more profitable when you have HD50K-enhanced information to:
- Empower mating decisions for a lifetime of more valuable seedstock progeny
- Determine which heifers to keep and breed for replacement, to sell as seedstock or to cull
- Identify elite females for embryo transfer or in vitro fertilization
- Decide which bulls to keep, to sell for breeding purposes or to market
- Need help getting started or understanding your results? Call or email. Our dedicated team of experts is ready to help.
- Approximate progeny equivalents associated with accuracy of GE-EPDs powered by HD50K based on verified pedigree and HD50K information. Progeny equivalents for carcass traits are actually progeny carcass traits and are actual progeny carcass records – equates to ultrasound scans from approximately 30 progeny.
- Beef 2007-08, Part IV: Reference of Beef Cow-calf Management Practices in the United States, 2007-08. National Animal Health Monitoring System, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Available at: http://www.aphis.Usda.gov/animal_health/nahms/beefcowcalf/Opens in a new window. Accessed August 6, 2013.
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