Igenity® Angus Gold
Item No. 17
Igenity Angus Gold includes 15 maternal, performance, and carcass traits plus parentage. With Igenity, you can:
- Rank and select elite Angus influenced replacement heifers with improved maternal performance while producing high-end feeder calves
- Verify parentage for a productive, efficient bull battery
- Leverage the Igenity Beef Dashboard and custom index tool to select replacements that best fit your operation’s production and marketing goals
- NEW BCHF Breeding Rank can be used as a management tool to reduce risk factors in replacement heifers and assist with future breeding strategies
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Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus - Persistently Infected (BVDV-PI)
Neogen® offers fast and accurate testing for the detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV).
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Tenderness/Leptin
Product designed to help commercial producers select cattle with the genetic potential for tender meat.
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Tibial Hemimelia (TH)
Affected animals are born with severe deformities including twisted rear legs with fused joints, large abdominal hernias and/or skull deformities.
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Oculocataneous Hypopigmentation (OH)
Affected animals are known to have eyes with irises that are pale blue around the pupil.
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Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH)
More commonly known as "waterhead", affected animals are born dead with an extremely large head with little or no brain material or spinal cord.
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Osteopetrosis (OS)
Also known as “marble bone”, affected animals phenotypically possess a short lower jaw and impacted molars as well as elongated, fragile bones that are easily broken.
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Pulmonary Hypoplasia Anasarca (PHA)
Affected animals are stillborn due to underdeveloped lungs and swelling caused by excessive fluid retention.
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Myostatin (MYO)
Most commonly referred to as “double muscling”. Possible variants tested include C313Y, nt419, E226X, nt821, E291X, Q204X, D182N, F94L, and S105C.
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Alpha Mannosidosis (MA)
Affected animals develop poor coordination and an aggressive disposition when disturbed.
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SeekSire™ Parentage
SeekSire™ parentage testing compares DNA markers from bulls (or cows) with DNA from calves to verify the calves’ parentage.
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Horned/Polled (HP)
Genomic test to determine an animal's carrier status for the horned gene.
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Hypotrichosis (HY)
Also known as "hairlessness", affected animals have partial or total hair loss.
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Idiopathic Epilepsy (IE)
Also referred to as “shaker calf”, affected animals are prone to seizures.
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Developmental Duplication (DD)
Affected animals are born with all, or part of, an extra limb.
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Chondrodysplasia (CHO)
"Bulldog" calves, the lethal form, are stillborn. Dwarfism of the Dexter breed resulting in shortened legs.
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Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA)
Also known as “fawn calf”, CA results in an abnormality of skeletal development in Angus cattle.
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Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM)
Known as "curly calf", affected animals (those with two copies of the recessive allele) are stillborn and have a twisted or curved spine and extended and contracted limbs.
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Bovine Congestive Heart Failure (BCHF)
Igenity product to directly summarize BCHF risk factor status for commercial cattle in the form of a ‘Breeding Rank’ or ‘Individual Risk Factor’.
Coat Color Dilutor (DL)
This dilution gene causes black coat color to be gray and red coat color to be yellow.
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Digital Subluxation (DS)
Affected animals are known to have malformation of the rear pastern or pasterns.
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Dun Coat Color (DN)
This dilution gene causes black coat color to be diluted to shades of dark brown to golden. Red pigment is not diluted by this mutation.
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Specifications | ||
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Brand | Igenity® | |
Breeds Supported | Angus – 75% or greater | |
Species | Bovine, Beef | |
Result Type | Igenity Scores | |
Profile Detail | Igenity Angus Gold reports 15 key maternal, performance, and carcass traits similar to those reported by the American Angus Association. This profile also includes a production index for multi trait selection and parentage. | |
Data Results | Igenity Beef Dashboard, Igenity Angus Gold Report | |
Submission Information | Animal ID and a Sample Barcode are required information for each sample submitted. | |
Genetic Conditions | Coat Color, Horned/Polled (HP), BVDV, BCHF Breeding Rank | |
Turnaround Time | 3 to 4 weeks |
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