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Health Traits Updated, Reflecting Data Surge

Kristen Parker Gaddis and Taylor McWhorter

April 1, 2024

The most significant change for the April 2024 triannual evaluations is an adjustment in the trait model for six CDCB health evaluations – resistance to milk fever, displaced abomasum, ketosis, mastitis, metritis, and retained placenta.


Health traits expand in August evaluations

Katelyn Allen for Hoard’s Dairyman

August 12, 2022

The official August genetic proofs are officially available.


Leverage Genetic Tools to Breed Healthier Cows

Kristen Parker Gaddis

August 8, 2022

Genetic evaluations to strengthen resistance to six health disorders are available for Brown Swiss animals beginning August 9, 2022.


CDCB Health Traits Extend to Brown Swiss

Kristen Parker Gaddis

July 22, 2022

Beginning August 9, 2022, Brown Swiss animals will receive CDCB evaluations for disease resistance for six traits: milk fever (MFEV), displaced abomasum (DA), ketosis (KETO), mastitis (MAST), metritis (METR) and retained placenta (RETP).


Data that Digs into the Root of Lameness

Katelyn Allen for Hoard’s Dairyman

October 25, 2021

No dairy farmer wants lame cows in their barn. No consumer wants to see cows struggling with lameness, either.


CDCB Leads Efforts to Reduce Lameness with Genetics

Javier Burchard and H Duane Norman and Kristen Parker Gaddis

February 25, 2021

Progressive Dairy recently asked leading experts from the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding to provide an update on their work to better understand dairy cattle hoof health and reduce lameness via genetic solutions.


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