The variation in trait performance
The variation that exists within the Angus breed enables breeders to continue to make gains in areas significant to their breeding program and that of their clients. A recent project undertaken by Angus Australia once again examined how much variation exists in Angus,
A better carcase, through better EBVs
Improving carcase quality is something achievable with EBVs and a recent project examined how well the EBVs of sires entered into the ASBP predicted the performance of their progeny. The work found that the EBVs of sires in cohorts 5,6 and 7 provided an accurate prediction of their carcase genetics,
Improve Growth with EBVs
EBVs enable breeders to increase the genetic merit of their herd through the selection of individuals with better growth genetics. A recent project examining how well EBVs predicted the performance of progeny by sires in the ASBP,
Birth and Fertility reliably predicted by EBVs
How well EBVs describe the performance of progeny was part of a recent project examining bulls and their progeny involved in the Angus Sire Benchmarking programs cohorts 5,6 and 7.
EBVs are no bull
EBVs describe expected differences in the performance of progeny and are a prediction of an animal’s genetic merit.
Calculated for a range of traits with the TACE analysis,
Capitalising on genetic variation
The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) has demonstrated that there is great potential to achieve genetic improvement in Angus breeding programs by capitalising on the genetic variation that exists between Angus animals.
EBVs reliably predict progeny performance
EBVs of Bulls Entered in the ASBP have provided a reliable Prediction of the Performance of their Progeny
The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) has demonstrated that there is great potential to achieve genetic improvement in Angus breeding programs by utilising selections tools,
Starting vs. Finishing EBVs
Despite low accuracy, average starting EBVs of sires in the ASBP described their genetic merit well
One challenge facing breeders when selecting young animals, such as yearling or two year old bulls,
Individual Sire EBV Changes
While it has been shown that on average, EBVs for a group of sires do not change significantly over time, it is important to examine how EBVs of individual animals behave,
