HEREDITY AT WORK IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Beef its what's for dinner

But it starts here

Genetics determine finished product

If you were running the farm what would you look for in a sire?

Beef

Birth Weight Weaning weight Yearling weight Feed efficiency Carcass traits: marbling, ribeye size,

length of loin (we don’t eat the legs)

Milk

Milk production Teat placement Udder structure % Milk Fat

Turkeys

What do we look for in the US for turkeys?

Chickens

What do we look for?

Chickens

What do we look for?Depends on what type of chicken you are

talking about.

Leghorn

Broiler: White Plymouth Rock crossed with a white Cornish

Think we only do this with animals?