IGENITY® Profile
What if you could select for increased milk yield without sacrificing fertility?
What if you could increase your herd's potential for cheese production?
What if you could identify genetic potential for more durable cows?
These are just a few of the possible benefits with IGENITY. The more you know, the
better your selection decisions.
IGENITY provides the most comprehensive, integrated DNA profile, which can assist
in:
- Heifer selection
- Mating management
- Herd improvement
IGENITY is a powerful complement to PTAs and other selection tools, which can add
greater precision to your selection decisions.
IGENITY is a breakthrough in comprehensive DNA testing. Just what you would expect
from the people at Select Sires and Merial.
A DNA test is just a test.
But IGENITY is a comprehensive profile.
Why settle for an individual test like coat color when you can receive a comprehensive
IGENITY profile?
IGENITY is a cost-effective tool that evaluates genetic potential for:
| Productive Life | Balance production with longer-lasting cows |
| Fertility | Determine potential for fertility |
| Somatic cell score | Determine potential for susceptibility for mastitis |
| Dairy Form | Indicative of health problems and days open1-7 |
| Milk Production Traits | Identify potential for milk, protein and fat production |
| Coat Color | Identify red genes in black or red cattle |
| Genetic Recessives | CVM (value option) plus BLAD and DUMPS |
| Cheese Production | Increase cheese-making potential, with:- Beta lactoglobulin
- Beta casein
- Kappa casein
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| Breed-specific horned/polled | Identify the horned status of cattle |
| Diagnostic test for BVD-PI | Diagnostic test for BVD-PI |
| Parentage validation or discovery | Validate or identify parentage without previous knowledge of the parent's identification |
Smart decisions pay off throughout an animal's lifetime
Just think of the multiple selection decisions you make during the life of an animal:
- Heifer marketing decisions
- Which replacement heifers should you buy?
- Which heifers should you sell?
- Breeding decisions
- Which bull is best for a heifer/cow?
- Which current bulls will be likely
to increase longevity in your herd?
- Which animals do you select as donors?
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Which animals are better off as recipients?
- When do you use sexed semen?
- Management decisions
- How do you differentiate between full sisters?
- When should an animal be
culled?
A basis for genetic progress in your herd
IGENITY provides a genetic basis for these decisions and more. From a single sample,
it can provide a comprehensive profile for meaningful, predictive information that
can help you improve the rate of genetic progress in your herd.
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