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.
November 3, 2022
João Dürr reviewed the past year and described the CDCB vision in the CEO Column from the 2022 Activity Report.
April 4, 2022
Three times a year, genetic evaluations are calculated for all the dairy animals in the U.S. database.
January 6, 2022
To start the new year, CEO João Dürr previews CDCB goals and expectations for 2022.
April 1, 2021
Several small adjustments to fertility traits editing will be introduced with the April 2021 evaluation to better account for late-term abortions. Fertility credits for traits Heifer Conception Rate (HCR) and Cow Conception Rate (CCR) now treat the last service as a failure instead of success if the next calving is coded as an abortion.
August 1, 2020
December 1, 2019
August 1, 2019
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