Dairy herd genomics

Genomics uses a young animal’s DNA to estimate their genetic potential and gives dairy farmers confidence to make informed breeding decisions with their youngstock.

Genomic evaluation brings several advantages to your herd and breeding programme. On these pages, we’ll look at dairy herd genomics in more detail, covering:

• The genomic process and its cost
• What genomics can do for your dairy herd
• Genomic inbreeding
• The reliability of dairy cow genomics

Follow the links below to find out more about genomics in the UK dairy industry.

Genomic evaluation highlights young bulls with higher-reliability proofs compared with traditional genetic indexes.

Genomic inbreeding is a powerful and accurate way to assess animal inbreeding.

The reliability of genomic evaluations is an important consideration when using them to inform your breeding programme. These pages look at reliability in more detail.