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HappyMoo – developing tools to monitor cow health

ICBF is participating in a large-scale European research project called HappyMoo. The project aims to develop tools to identify cow welfare issues before they become a problem and affect performance. There are many different aspects to cow welfare and essential among them are freedom from hunger, stress, and disease. These are the areas that the HappyMoo research project is focusing on.

Elphin, Ballinasloe & Cahir Marts selling BDGP Eligible Females Wednesday 21st

Elphin Mart will have a sale of BDGP eligible females tomorrow. The sale starts at 11am. Ballinasloe Mart will have a sale for BDGP eligible females after the cows are sold which starts at 11am and before the regular heifer sale. Cahir Mart will also have a sale of BDGP eligible females with the sale starting at 12pm. All entries can be viewed on the ICBF Herdplus app.

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)

Click here for more details on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme

CATTLE WEIGHING SCALES RENTAL SERVICE

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ICBF Database in Numbers

Genotypes
1 Million

There are over 6.1M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.

SNPs
1 Billion

That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 218 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.

Pieces of Data
1 Billion

There are over 2 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. 

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