Upgrading Korean beef cow improvement through genome analysis

[Livestock News Reporter Kim Soo-hyung] Starting February 1, the Rural Development Administration (Director Jo Jae-ho) will improve and apply the ‘national Korean beef cow genome genetic ability prediction service’ function that Korean beef farmers use to improve cow performance. The Korean beef cow genome service has been promoted since 2020 through collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the National Institute of Animal Science, the Korean Beef Improvement Office of Nonghyup Economic Holdings, and provincial livestock-related research institutes. When a farm provides a sample of a cow's hair roots and an individual identification number, the local organization determines the cow's genetic ability predicted using genome information and provides consultation on directions for improvement. The Rural Development Administration explained that with this feature improvement, a paternity analysis function has been added to the Korean cow genome ...