Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Dănuț Nicolae ENEA, Gheorghe Emil MĂRGINEAN, Aurelia DEFTA (OSMAN), Nicoleta DEFTA, Andrada Elena MOISE, Hippolyte MEKUIKO WATSOP, Livia VIDU
One of the main livestock productions is represented by the dairy sector. The progress made over time being significant, but constrained by a limiting factor, the interval between generations (5 years). An excellent tool that helps make progress by reducing the time period until performance is manifested is genomic testing. This provided the necessary means to constantly improve genetics in production, fitness and conformation of dairy cows. Through its implementation, important changes are occurring in this branch of animal husbandry. This paper aims to review the most important aspects regarding the genomic testing by analyzing a significant number of works on this topic Based on genomic testing, the farmer can take effective decisions about herd improvement, to verify parentage or to identify bacterial strains associated with particular disease outbreaks.
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