What is Flock Linkage? Flock linkage refers to the genetic connectivity/relatedness between flocks. Providing accurate €uroStars (genetic evaluations) to a performance recording flock is only possible if the flock in…
The Central Progeny Test (CPT) farms' lambing season is running very well. There are over 1,500 lambs already recorded on the CPT farms to date, with over 70% of ewes…
Once accessing to your Farmer Homepage, this information is being displayed. Your Current DQI The Data Quality Index (DQI) rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the data…
The CPT is a fundamental pillar of the sheep breed improvement programme: Source of independent commercial data Establishing Genetic Linkage Validation of the indexes Investigating new traits Building across-breed dataset…
Your Current DQI The Data Quality Index (DQI) is a new index that rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the data recorded on the flock over the…
Central Progeny Testing (CPT) The CPT was established in 2009 and its main function was to fast track and maintain genetic linkage among performance recording flocks in Ireland. It carries…
The time has come around again for Sheep Ireland's Central Progeny Test (CPT) programme 2023-2024 breeding season. The CPT is a critical element of the National Sheep Breed Improvement program…
CPT AI is fast approaching and many rams have been nominated by LambPlus breeders to be used in the CPT this year. We are still, accepting nominations for rams this…