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Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)
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ICBF Database in Numbers
There are over 4M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.
That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 80 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.
There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database.
ICBF on Mobile
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Record live weights for your cattle on to the ICBF database from your phone.
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