July 6, 2023
A handful of changes are implemented for the U.S. genetic evaluations on August 8, 2023, as announcedby the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding and USDA…
April 3, 2023
By CDCB, Holstein Association USA and NAAB Researchers at Penn State University have been collaborating with colleagues at USDA's Agricultural Research Service to study a…
March 7, 2023
The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding and USDA Animal Genomics Improvement Laboratory are implementing a series of changes with the triannual U.S. evaluations on April…
February 10, 2023
CDCB has been re-accredited as a DNA Data Interpretation Center for parentage verification by ICAR, the International Committee for Animal Recording. This certification is part…
December 9, 2022
Mobile and tablet users: CDCB’s WebConnect is now enhanced with convenient design and accessibility on your smartphone or tablet while on-the-go or on-the-farm.Mobile WebConnect is…
December 9, 2022
By Victoria Iqbal, 2022 CDCB Intern and PhD student in Animal and Avian Sciences at University of Maryland During the CDCB internship in summer 2022,…
December 9, 2022
In 2021, CDCB USDA AGIL and NDHIA (National Dairy Herd Information Association) started a multi-year project to update or develop new milk yield projection factors…
December 6, 2022
Nearly 79 million dairy animals received updated U.S. genetic evaluations on Tuesday, December 6. With the December 2022 triannual evaluations, two updates were implemented by the…
November 3, 2022
Nominations are due January 6 for the 2023 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) awards, including the J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding sponsored by…
November 1, 2022
Research by collaborators from five universities, CDCB and USDA AGIL was published in the November 1, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics: Impact of epistasis effects on…
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