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Update: Consultant Workshop September 2016

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Update: Consultant WorkshopSeptember 2016

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Experimental design• Direct comparison of the progeny of rams from five terminal sire breeds

• Identify those rams with the most profitable genes for commercial sheep production

• Testing 67 rams over two years• Rams chosen were top 20% EBVs for carcase traits

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Partnership• Six commercial flocks across GB• 16 organisations• Data collection – 3,000 commercial lambs/year 

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Not FarmCompare…

….or FarmerCompare

Remember this it Ram Compare

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Project aims• Use progeny performance to compare genetically different rams– Use commercially collected data in genetic evaluations– Could help validate Combined Breed Analysis

• Identify genes with the biggest impact on speed of finishing and carcase value

• The degree of difference between breeding lines for new traits ‐ saleable meat yield & tenderness

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Data collection ‐ lambing

• Date of birth• Birth type / rear type (single or twin)

• Birth weight / lambing ease• Death• Fostering

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Data collection – growth

• 56 day weight• 90‐120 day weight, ultrasound muscle and fat depth 

• Pre‐slaughter weights• Ewe body condition score• DNA sample 

– Parentage, abattoir checks 

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Lamb selection• AB Sustain, Dunbia and Randall Parker• 15‐22kg carcase / R 2‐3H • Final weight at 22 week weight• Consistency between farms and abattoirs– Same pre‐slaughter lairage– Interval between killing and cutting

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Data collection ‐ abattoir

• Sale weight & carcase weight‐ calculate killing‐out %

• Conformation & fat classification 

‐ compare against sires values 

• Primal meat yield & tenderness measurements 

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DNA sampling

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RamCompareJoin in at home……

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AI Team 2016/2017

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AI Team 2016/2017

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Sam Boon’s not Kirsty Moore’s

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Project outcomes 2017

• Ram comparisons irrespective of breed – using EBVs• November 2017 ‐ lists of the top 25 rams 

– Progeny growth rates – Progeny carcase traits – Index 

• New EBVs for days to slaughter & carcase weight

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Other research: Combined breed analysis

• Currently available in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia

• RamCompare data would help validate a new UK terminal sire evaluation

• Allows multiple breed evaluation. Animals from different breeds can be compared via the resulting EBVs

• UK version available to Signet clients soon

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Thank you

Thank You & Questions