Traits et conditions génétiques du bétail

Igenity® BCHF analyzes DNA to identify cattle with more or less favorable heart health genetics, helping producers make informed breeding and culling decisions to improve herd health over time.

Known as "curly calf", affected animals (those with two copies of the recessive allele) are stillborn and have a twisted or curved spine and extended and contracted limbs.

Affected animals are born with all, or part of, an extra limb.

Selection tool for milk protein management, including A2 beta casein, beta casein AB, kappa casein, and beta lactoglobulin to give the complete milk protein profile.

Broad screening bundle for breeding cattle selection, including milk proteins, horned/polled and embryonic lethals.

Confirms the presence of deleterious recessives, including HCD, BLAD, Brachyspina, Citrulinemia, DUMPS, SAA, SMA, SDM, Weaver, and Holstein Mulefoot in Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle.

Selection tool for milk protein management, including A2 beta casein, beta casein AB, kappa casein, beta-lactoglobulin and SeekSire parent verification. Potential parent IDs must provided at the time of submission and have comparison markers on file.

More commonly known as "waterhead", affected animals are born dead with an extremely large head with little or no brain material or spinal cord.

Homozygous black animals which carry Red Charlie should be treated as carriers for the red coat color gene.

Also known as “fawn calf”, CA results in an abnormality of skeletal development in Angus cattle.

"Bulldog" calves, the lethal form, are stillborn. Dwarfism of the Dexter breed resulting in shortened legs.

Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM) is a lethal hereditary syndrome in Holstein animals causing malformed calves that are aborted or die shortly after birth.

This dilution gene causes black coat color to be gray and red coat color to be yellow in the Hereford, Simmental and Gelbvieh breed.

Affected animals are known to have malformation of the rear pastern or pasterns.

This dilution gene causes black coat color to be diluted to shades of dark brown to golden. Red pigment is not diluted by this mutation.

Also known as "hairlessness", affected animals have partial or total hair loss.

Also referred to as “shaker calf”, affected animals are prone to seizures.

Affected animals develop poor coordination and an aggressive disposition when disturbed.

Also known as “marble bone”, affected animals phenotypically possess a short lower jaw and impacted molars as well as elongated, fragile bones that are easily broken.

Affected animals are stillborn due to underdeveloped lungs and swelling caused by excessive fluid retention.

Affected animals are born with severe deformities including twisted rear legs with fused joints, large abdominal hernias and/or skull deformities.

Affected animals are known to have eyes with irises that are pale blue around the pupil.

Product designed to help commercial producers select cattle with the genetic potential for tender meat.

Causes mental and physical retardation, feeding problems, and a maple syrup odor to the urine.

Igenity® Swine delivers information for ten markers to assist you in making educated selection decisions.

BreedSeek delivers primary and secondary majority breeds and percentages for the following breeds: Akaushi, Angus, Brahman, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey, Limousin, Nelore, Red Angus, Simental, Shorthorn, and Wagyu.

Ovine Meat Traits is a bundle product that offers Myostatin and Callipyge.