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ICBF Database in Numbers

1 Million
Genotypes

There are over 2.5M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.

1 Billion
SNPs

That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 80 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.

1 Billion
Pieces of Data

There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. 

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‘Future Proofing’ the EBI

The ‘Next Generation Herd’ was established to validate that genetic selection using the EBI will increase productivity and profitability under intensive grass based systems. At the Teagasc Moorepark Open Day in 2021, the research showed clear evidence that high EBI cows were delivering more milk solids per cow, better female fertility & lower carbon footprint, compared to the national average.

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