Bullseye September 2015 HCD: Haplotype Associated with Cholesterol Deficiency Below is a summary of a CDN Extension Article “Discovering Genetic Anomalies from Genotyping” by Brian VanDoormaal & Lynsay Beavers. For the full article, please visit https://www.cdn.ca/articles.php. In addition to genomic evaluations and integrity of pedigrees, accumulating thousands of genotypes for a given breed results in [...]
Bullseye September 2015 Meridian Sully Hart Meridian joins the proven bull list after an illustrious career as a Genomax sire, and it’s safe to say his first crop of milking daughters don’t disappoint! Early in his career, Meridian was an interesting sire because of his high type GPA and as he was one of the [...]
Discovering Genetic Anomalies from Genotyping Genotyping a single animal has direct advantages in terms of providing a genomic evaluation for genetic selection and mating as well as confirming its parentage for herdbook integrity. Accumulating thousands of genotypes for a population of animals in a breed has become an excellent source for identifying various genetic anomalies, which are usually undesirable. Although [...]
Bullseye March 2015 High Octane - High Type and High Production! As of March 1st two world-renown genomic sires and full brothers, Stantons High Octane and Stantons Capital Gain, have been added to WestGen’s Genomax™ line- up. We are confident that both will be popular, but in particular expect High Octane to be a bull [...]
Bullseye March 2015 Gator Giveaway WestGen announced the Gator Giveaway Promotion in late October with a great deal of excitement. It’s the biggest grand prize that the company has ever awarded and so naturally the promotion campaign was enthusiastically embraced by customers across the 4 western provinces. When customers purchased 20 doses from a select [...]
Genomax Lineup Grows With New Supersire Son Genomic testing over 4800 young sires worldwide nets impressive results for Semex’s industry-leading Genomax™ lineup. Designed to deliver a consistent source of the world’s leading genomic young sires, this program is home to some of the world’s most famous and profitable genomic young sires, including the international sensation [...]
WestGen Thanks You for Entering Our 1st Amateur Photography Contest We were pleased to successfully complete WestGen’s First Amateur Photography Contest and chose 3 winners for our categories of a picture of a Cow in a Barn Setting, a Cow in Nature and a Cow with a Person(s). WestGen staff voted and Julia Los of [...]
It’s still early enough in the transition to genomics to be pleasantly surprised when a bull, promoted immediately as a Genomax bull, later receives a strong endorsement via his daughter proof. The latest example is Misty Springs Supersonic, an early Super son who we introduced with some enthusiasm in 2011. He was a strong [...]
Great New Options Keep Coming It’s easy to see why usage of daughter proven sires has lessened over the past year. With so many outstanding Genomax sires offered, it is understandable that producers want to incorporate many of them into their breeding program even if only in small increments. The fact that some producers now [...]
Boviteq West Continues to Grow As we enter a new year with ambitious goals to grow and attain new heights with the expanding business in 2015, it is important to thank our customers who have helped us achieve a successful past year. We have now collected over 100 different donors with numerous pleasing reports of [...]