Fact Sheet Written by:
Darrh Bullock, Extension Professor, University of Kentucky
And Provided by:
University of California, Davis http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu
Beef cattle genetic evaluation is the process of taking all of the relevant information on an animal and converting it into a useful tool for selection. This process was started long ago when livestock producers began to realize that progeny often performed similar to their parents for certain traits. Even though they did not know this phenomenon was due to genetics, as we know today, the practice of selecting superior animals to produce the next generation is the foundation for animal breeding and is the purpose for beef cattle genetic evaluation.
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