Livestock
6 December 2022
Genomic inbreeding is a powerful and accurate way to assess animal inbreeding.
23 November 2022
Alnham Farm has made considerable changes to their business, in particularly moving to an outwintering system.
13 October 2022
Following three years of research, three new maternal estimated breeding values (EBVs) have been added to the National Beef Evaluations (NBE) database by AHDB.
14 October 2022
Learning from this year’s drought to plan a preventative strategy is good risk management, but calculate figures, don’t guess
11 October 2022
This manual provides new guidelines for ultrasound scanning of sheep for muscle and fat depth. Ultrasound scanning provides measures for body composition in sheep breeding programmes, designed to enhance carcase yield and conformation, while optimising fatness.
11 October 2022
This manual covers how and why to buy a recorded ram. High accuracy recorded rams consistently perform as predicted and therefore reduce risk. Their carcase trait EBVs can help you select rams who will produce more lambs hitting target specification. High growth EBVs identify rams whose lambs reach slaughter weight quicker, reducing days to slaughter.
11 October 2022
In the 25 years since the introduction of across-flock evaluations, more than 3 million terminal sire sheep records have been analysed by Signet Breeding Services. This analysis has been carried out by using a dataset of over 650,000 ultrasound scans for muscle and fat depth, and over 10,000 images from computed tomography (CT). The UK breeds sheep with world-leading terminal sire genetics and has some of the best tools for measuring and analysing sheep in the world.
4 October 2022
An update on grass cover trial, including a look at how pig paddocks have held up during prolonged dry periods.
30 September 2022
Use AHDB’s web-based husbandry advisory tool (WebHAT) to identify risks associated with tail biting.
28 September 2022
New webinars will provide insight into production methods, genetics, marketing, public perceptions, health issues and government support around the world.
27 September 2022
This autumn sees the launch of a new manual to help farmers control liver fluke in grazing livestock, in a joint levy-body effort to control what can be a devastating disease.
10 November 2022
Pig clubs are back – join us to find out how a high-health, nucleus pig herd keeps disease out.