Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP160101626

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP160101626

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Novel genomic technologies to improve fertility in northern beef cattle. This project aims to develop new genomic technologies to enable accelerated improvement of cow fertility. Increased global demand for beef is driving northern Australian beef enterprises to develop innovative ways to increase productivity. A substantial industry challenge is poor fertility of cows, with weaning rates frequently less than 40%. The expected outcomes of this project are an improvement in weaning rates to enable accelerated genetic gain for fertility in these enterprises by delivering a low cost array, which assays thousands of DNA variants affecting fertility simultaneously. This should provide significant benefits such as a new genomic prediction method informed by gene expression data from a unique resource of Brahman cattle with exceptionally high fertility, generating significant industry benefits.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-12-2017

End Date: 05-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Breeding | Genomics | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Beef Cattle |

Other Keywords

Animal Breeding | Beef Cattle | Genetics | Genomics

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