âThe Financial Benefit of Genetic Improvement in Practice.â
âThe Financial Benefit of Genetic Improvement in Practice.â
âThe Financial Benefit of Genetic Improvement in Practice.â
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G€N€ IR€LAND – Commercial<br />
progeny test.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>al liveweight<br />
(kg)<br />
Average<br />
daily ga<strong>in</strong><br />
(kg)<br />
• First 150 commercial progeny just slaughtered. Progeny<br />
<strong>of</strong> 20 AI sires (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g PTest sires).<br />
• Significant differences <strong>in</strong> feed <strong>in</strong>take/efficiency.<br />
• High quality phenotypes collected; feed <strong>in</strong>take, meat<br />
quality, health & disease.<br />
23<br />
Dry matter<br />
<strong>in</strong>take<br />
(kg/day)<br />
Highest 826 2.6 13.4 7.4<br />
Lowest 558 1.2 8.6 4.4<br />
Average 672 1.9 11.2 5.8<br />
Feed conv<br />
efficiency<br />
(dmi/adg)
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