World’s first project to genotype 1m cattle is part of BDGP

The world’s first project to genotype one million cattle is part of the huge amount of work and technological advances going on behind the scenes since the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) was launched last May by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has appointed Weatherbys Ireland DNA Laboratory, working in conjunction with Eurofins Genomics, to test the one million cattle samples over the next two years.

The ICBF is aiming to genotype a further one million cattle by 2020.