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By nominating that they wish to utilise genetic evaluation services, the Member agrees to the following Terms and Conditions. A material breach of these conditions may result in the cancellation of genetic evaluation services.

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The Angus Australia Sire Summary contains a summary of the Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for selected sires recorded in Angus Australia’s Herd Book Register (HBR) and Angus Performance Register (APR).

Several different reports are provided within this publication, including:

  • Sires With Most Progeny in the Last 2 Years
  • Trait Leaders (by Selection Index)
  • Trait Leaders (by Trait)
  • Sires in the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (by Cohort)

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The Angus Australia Genetic Benchmarking Report summarises the genetic change that has occurred within the Angus breed within Australia over time. Trends in factors that influence the rate of genetic change are also provided.

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Only part of the variation that we observe among animals is due to genetic differences. The majority of the variation is generally due to non-genetic factors such as differences in environment and nutrition.

The degree to which genetic differences influence performance varies from trait to trait. This is explained by differences in the “heritability” of the traits.

Growth and carcase traits tend to have moderate to high heritabilities (i.e. 20 to 60%), whilst maternal traits have low heritabilities (10% or lower).

The TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation takes into account the different degrees of heritability of various traits, and the known genetic relationships between the traits.

(a) Growth Traits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Carcase Traits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Calving Ease & Fertility Traits

 

 

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