AGBU’s Dr Matt Wolcott is exploiting this opportunity to try to fill the crucial gap in understanding relationships around female condition and productivity, using the female reference population from the Southern Multi Breed project
BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation provides a pretty good description of animals before they enter the reproductive phase of their life.
However what the industry does not have at this stage is good information on how cows are able to maintain themselves once they enter that reproductive phase – especially once they start lactating.
The Southern Multi Breed…
