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By improving feed efficiency, the unit costs of production and the value of embryos, breeding stock, semen, and feeder animals can be influenced. So, why have we not moved forward in progress of genetic selection in cattle? Three themes can summarize why this lack of progress exists: Limited genotype and phenotype data available on important production and ...
How does it Work and What does it Look Like in the Farm? Jyga Technologies’ CEO Alain Lefebvre has always seen his products, Gestal, Vision and Robust, as a key to producers’ successes since they are a great tool to help improve herd performance and profitability. Mr. Lefebvre shared with us his vision for the company. ‘’As a pork producer myself, I think that giving the ...
The objectives of this study were to determine i) using partial least squares (PLS) techniques, whether the ability to predict performance can be increased by including epistasis in a prediction model; ii) whether relaxing the probability of preselecting a marker or interaction to include in the PLS analysis from 0.001 to 0.01 to 0.05 would increase predictive power; and iii) whether the ...