Webinar - Using EBVs to Achieve Your Breeding Goals

Webinar – Using EBVs to Achieve Your Breeding Goals


Date: August 25, 2015 Presenter: Dr. Dave Notter Department of Animal & Poultry Sciences Virginia Tech Time : 1 hour 20 minutes Host: Dr. Jay Parsons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Description: This webinar will address strategies to use EBVs to achieve breeding goals and manage genetic change in your flock. Topics to be covered include: 1) using direct and maternal EBVs to manage changes in body weights from birth through adulthood; 2) optimizing litter size to maximize ewe productivity; 3) using EBVs to optimize fleece value and the rate of improvement in fleece traits; 4) using scanning information to enhance carcass value; 5) using worm egg counts to enhance parasite resistance; and 6) using EBVs to improve reproductive performance. Selection indexes provides a convenient mechanism to combine EBVs for different traits into a single measure and are currently available for each of the main NSIP breed types. The presentation will discuss the value of indexes as tools for genetic improvement and consider how to address limitations of available indexes in specific production situations. This webinar is made possible with funding support from the Let’s Grow Committee of the American Sheep Industry Association. PowerPoint Slides View System Requirements

Date: August 25, 2015
Presenter:
Dr. Dave Notter
Department of Animal & Poultry Sciences
Virginia Tech
Time : 1 hour 20 minutes
Host: Dr. Jay Parsons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Description:

This webinar will address strategies to use EBVs to achieve breeding goals and manage genetic change in your flock. Topics to be covered include: 1) using direct and maternal EBVs to manage changes in body weights from birth through adulthood; 2) optimizing litter size to maximize ewe productivity; 3) using EBVs to optimize fleece value and the rate of improvement in fleece traits; 4) using scanning information to enhance carcass value; 5) using worm egg counts to enhance parasite resistance; and 6) using EBVs to improve reproductive performance. Selection indexes provides a convenient mechanism to combine EBVs for different traits into a single measure and are currently available for each of the main NSIP breed types. The presentation will discuss the value of indexes as tools for genetic improvement and consider how to address limitations of available indexes in specific production situations.

This webinar is made possible with funding support from the Let’s Grow Committee of the American Sheep Industry Association.

PowerPoint Slides

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