News

Introduction of HMW: The Haplotype Call for Early Onset Muscle Weakness Syndrome

November 15, 2023

The December 5, 2023, dairy cattle genetic evaluations will contain a new haplotype call for Early Onset Muscle Weakness Syndrome (HMW).

Announcing QDisc

February 10, 2023

CDCB announces a new service, QDisc, or quick discovery of close relatives. This quick-turnaround service uses the ICAR-defined parentage SNP to discover close relatives.

Constructed ID’s: Eliminating Pedigree Dead Ends

February 1, 2023

Knowing an animal’s ancestry several generations back is certainly the goal for breeders; however, there are instances where animals have a gap in their pedigree. To fill in more pedigree gaps, CDCB is implementing a new solution starting in February 2023.

Connecting With João Dürr

November 3, 2022

João Dürr reviewed the past year and described the CDCB vision in the CEO Column from the 2022 Activity Report.

Connecting with Jay Weiker

October 13, 2022

Jay Weiker, Chair of the CDCB Board of Directors, shares the CDCB progress and priorities of the past year in the newly-published 2022 Activity Report.

Invited review: The future of selection decisions and breeding programs: What are we breeding for, and who decides?

April 12, 2022

April 2022: Changes to Evaluation System

April 4, 2022

Three times a year, genetic evaluations are calculated for all the dairy animals in the U.S. database.

April 2022: Changes to Evaluations

March 8, 2022

CDCB announces updates to the genetic evaluation system, effective with the April 5, 2022, triannual evaluations. Five enhancements are detailed on the CDCB website.