The productive potential of a sheep is defined by its genetic makeup that interacts with environmental factors, such as nutrition, to determine the extent to which the potential is realised. While an animal's specific genetic makeup is unique to that animal, many important production traits are shared within breeds and...

Achieving desired production and profitability targets within a farmed goat breeding enterprise is influenced by genetics.

The productive potential of any animal is defined by its genetic makeup that then interacts with environmental factors eg nutrition, to determine the extent to which the potential is realised.

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​This project covered the 2018/19 financial year support costs for the Genetics team, including: project-related travel & meetings, publications - printing, storage & distribution, proof Reading/Editing, Project Scoping/Development, National Livestock Genetics Consortium, Sheep Genetics marketing and business development, governance and IP management, product development and the implementation of the genetics...

The CMAs associated with this summary support the Sheep Genetics portfolio to enable successful delivery of startegic outcomes. These costs are associated with the running of the portfolio and are not directly associated with projects.

Genetics CMA FY21