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22.01.2022 Malshani gave a great talk on her work with Dairy cattle in Sri Lanka. Looking at Mastitis and predictor traits for mastitis. #Dairy #Genetics #health #welfare

21.01.2022 Monday morning saw Kim Bunter giving a great presentation on all things related to genetic evaluation of reproductive traits. #Genetics #Evaluation #Reproduction #Accuracy #Sheep

20.01.2022 Check out this article about bees (https://buff.ly/2Bf8EDY) by Dr Nadine Chapman. With an interview with AGBUs Dr Rob Banks. Good explanation of the Value of Genetics Selection in Bees but also goes for any species. Meat & Livestock Australia NSW Department of Primary Industries University of New England, AU

17.01.2022 Here are some of the presenters from the AGBU Seminar series for 2019. My apologies for anyone who i may have missed photos of. Big thanks to everyone who presented to the group. Here is hoping 2020 is filled with as much great scientific content and discussion.

16.01.2022 Sport UNE Interdepartmental Futsal comp round 2. The Grudge match Animal Science vs AGBU. Tough game played in great spirits with Animal Science coming away with a solid 8-3 win much to good on the day. #Notgenetics #Teamwork #Rivals

15.01.2022 Fantastic Seminar from PhD student Netsanet Gebrehiwot looking at methods for designing informative SNP panels to determine parentage and Dairy Breed proportion in African crossbred cattle. #Genomics #Genetics #Africa #DairyCattle University of New England, AU NSW Department of Primary Industries Meat & Livestock Australia

13.01.2022 Congratulations to Lino who today successfully delivered his confirmation of candidature for his PhD. Over the next few years he will be working to develop a genetic evaluation system and breeding programs for mexican meat sheep. #meatsheep #geneticevaluation

11.01.2022 AGBU scientists at 2020 Beef Improvement Federation Brad Walmsley on BreedObject: Breeding for future profitability https://youtube.com/watch?v=H30C_u5NfM0 Matt Wolcott on Application of novel reproduction traits to genetic evaluation. https://youtube.com/watch?v=X7TP_4N3ZNk NSW Department of Primary Industries University of New England, AU... #scicomm See more

11.01.2022 Round 3 of the Sport UNE interdepartmental futsal competition. Saw a close game with The Facilities Management Services team edging out AGBU by 7-5.

09.01.2022 Well done to Obayed Al Rahman who represented AGBU in the university 3 min thesis heats today University of New England, AU #3minthesis #breedingforlongevity #sheep

05.01.2022 The Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) has developed and published the methodology for creating indexes across breeds in beef cattle. This system will be the under-pinning agent for the full value of the results from the NSW DPI Southern Multibreed and the QDAFF Repronomics programs to reach industry and allow selection for beef profitability irrespective of breed. Both research programs are underpinned by the support provided by AGBU concerning BREEDPLAN design. The st...aff involved in the development of this methodology include Steve Barwick, David Johnston, Brad Walmsley, Gilbert Jeyaruban and Vincent Boerner. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbg.12480 David Johnston, the senior Research Scientist in the BREEDPLAN team at AGBU, also participated in an interview with Te Mania Angus concerning the impact the Southern Multibreed and Northern Repronomics reseach projects will have on the Australian beef industry in the future. Te Mania has contributed 44 Angus BREEDPLAN cows to the Southern Multibreed project and has multiple bulls represented in the project. https://www.temaniaangus.com//repronomics-landmark-researc

01.01.2022 Week 1 of the interdepartmental futsal comp at Sport UNE . Forgot to get a team photo will take one next week. Good mix of students and staff in the team and came away with a 4-3 win. Great effort by all.

01.01.2022 Great talk this morning from Laura looking at feed intake and feed behaviour traits for sows fed with electronic feeders. Great look at the opportunities and problems associated with this type of data. #Pigs #FeedIntake #AnimalBehaviour