Sheep Genetics is the national genetic information and evaluation service for the meat and wool sectors of the sheep industry delivered as LAMBPLAN and MERINOSELECT. The purpose of Sheep Genetics is to improve the quality, scope and utilisation of across-flock, and where appropriate, across breed genetic information for the Australian sheep industry.

  • Sheep Genetics provides a single national language in the form of Australian Sheep Breeding Values ASBVs
     
  • ASBVs are available across flock and, where appropriate, across breeds  
     
  • ASBVs are updated twice monthly for a range of commercially relevant traits that impact on all sectors of the sheep industry
     
  • ASBVs are designed to be used to compare the genetic potential of animals independent of the environment and location

Backed by quality assurance procedures and minimum accuracy standards, Sheep Genetics hosts a database of some 3 million animals, reflecting data from more than 1000 flocks around Australia.  Together with the Australian sheep industry, MLA and AWI have facilitated genetic evaluation for prime lamb and wool producers.

 

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Current News

Upcoming Webinars

A reminder that there are vaious webinars planned throughout the month, check out the calendar of events to view topics and register on the calendar of events.

Analysis Changes

A number of changes will be implemented in the terminal analysis of the 15th July.

Click here to view the LAMBPLAN Analysis changes page

Following the 7th June analysis, a number of updates have been included in the MERINOSELECT analysis.

Click here to view the MERINOSELECT Analysis changes page

 

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