News

CDCB delivers the latest news on genetic improvement, research and U.S. evaluations through its monthly newsletter, dairy media, and events.

Connecting with Jay Weiker

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.


April 2018: Changes to Evaluation System

Jay Megonigal and H Duane Norman and Kristen Parker Gaddis and Paul VanRaden

April 1, 2018

Official genetic and genomic evaluations for resistance to six health events in Holsteins (Hypocalcemia, Displaced abomasum, Ketosis, Mastitis, Metritis, Retained placenta) will be first published in April 2018. These traits are six of the most common and costly health events impacting dairy herds.


December 2017: Changes to Evaluation System

Leigh Walton and Rohith Shetty and Jana Hutchinson and Jay Megonigal and Ezequiel Nicolazzi and H Duane Norman and Kristen Parker Gaddis and Paul VanRaden and George Wiggans and Dan Null and John Cole

December 1, 2017

Starting December 2017, the CDCB will publish the second Ayrshire haplotype affecting fertility. The publication of this important information for the Ayrshire breed is possible thanks to the research led by AGIL researches and the cooperation with CDN, who confirmed the preliminary results obtained in the US population.


August 2017: Changes to Evaluation System

Jay Megonigal and Paul VanRaden and Jan Wright

August 1, 2017

Genetic evaluations of males and genomic predictions of both sexes are now provided for gestation length (GL) as a new trait expressed in days.


April 2016: Changes to Evaluation System

Brian Schnebly and Joao Durr and Jay Megonigal and H Duane Norman and Paul VanRaden and George Wiggans and Sophie Eaglen and Tabatha Cooper and Janez Jenko and William Luff and John Woolliams

April 1, 2016

Genotypes from 2,376 Guernsey bulls and cows from collaboration between the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Isle of Guernsey are the basis for launching the U.S. genomic evaluation of Guernsey cattle.


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