Presentation to Jersey Cattle Youth Society

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Matthew Hegarty(Speaker)
Department of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences

Date	04 Apr 2017
Type(s)	Oral presentation

Description

A presentation of genomics technology and its use for carcass verification and genomic selection in both cattle and sheep was given to the Jersey Society Youth team along with a tour of the IBERS Translational Genomics labs and the National Plant Phenomics Centre. Following this, there was a discussion lunch of the potential for genomic improvement in cattle. The Society reported an increased interest in genomics and usage in breeding systems.