Merial is growing the partnership formed last year with Select Sires to co-market the IGENITY brand DNA test. Adding field consultant Ron Long to the Merial company as a liason between Merial and Select Sires field representatives, the company will offer training sessions, on-farm consultations, and customer meetings across Select Sires’ 10 regional cooperatives.
Long comes to the project with 30 years experience at Select Sires both in building the Select Mating Service (SMS) and the Program for Genetic Advancement (PGA).
IGENITY DNA Tests are designed to give you profiles of your herd to best evaluate the genetic potential of your females. IGENITY MultiMARK offers comprehensive testing, including IGENITY DuraMAX, analyzing dairy form and productive life; IGENITY OptiYIELD and IGENITY ComponentMAKER, which help you select for optimized milk yield and composition; and IGENITY RealRED, to determine red coat color genes in Holsteins. IGENITY MultiMARK Plus offers these tests plus a test for Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM). You provide a blood sample or nasal swab and recieve genotype results back via fax, e-mail, or hard copy.
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I just wanted to drop a line to call attention to a minor but rather important error in the wording in the second paragraph of the post regarding Select Sires Sexed Semen lab. Conception rates with sexed semen are 75% “of” conventional, not 75% “lower than conventional”. Producers should expect average sexed semen conception rates to be 25% lower than that achieve with conventional semen. For example, a herd that achieves 60% conception in virgin heifers with conventional semen can expect conception rates around 45% with gender SELECTed semen.
Thank you,
Mel DeJarnette
Senior Reproduction Specialist
Select Sires, Inc.
i was thinking about sexing some of my beef cattle semen. but i was wondering what the price cost and how about going about it. if you could email me some info on the prceedure that would be great or just let me know who i need to get in contact with.