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Weekly Update: 10/02/17

  • Post author:SheepIrelandEditor
  • Post published:February 10, 2017
  • Post category:Weekly Update

OVIGEN Parentage Reports This week the first DNA parentage verification reports were circulated to some pedigree sheep breeders that agreed to participate in the OVIGEN sheep genomics research project. There…

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Weekly Update: 03/02/17

  • Post author:SheepIrelandEditor
  • Post published:February 6, 2017
  • Post category:Weekly Update

Promotion of Sheep Genetic Improvement It’s clear that there is no silver bullet in terms of promoting genetic improvement to the industry. One thing that is clear however is that…

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Weekly Update: 27/01/17

  • Post author:SheepIrelandEditor
  • Post published:January 27, 2017
  • Post category:Weekly Update

Carcass Data Analysis Last week  we talked about the potential of using a Lamb Quality Score (LQS) to help predict a lambs days to slaughter. This week we look at…

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Weekly Update: 20/01/17

  • Post author:SheepIrelandEditor
  • Post published:January 20, 2017
  • Post category:Weekly Update

Lamb Quality Score (LQS) In 2016 a lamb quality score (LQS) was collected on over 2000 central progeny test lambs when they were between 60 -100 days of off age.…

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