Livestock Genetic Traits & Conditions

Igenity® BCHF analyzes DNA to identify cattle with more or less favorable heart health genetics, helping producers make informed breeding and culling decisions to improve herd health over time.

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.

Red or Black coat color in cattle.

Affected animals are born with all, or part of, an extra limb.

Selection tool for milk protein management, including A2 beta casein, beta casein AB, kappa casein, and beta lactoglobulin to give the complete milk protein profile.

A DNA test is available to identify the sheep's genotype and its resistance or susceptibility to scrapie. Make informed breeding decisions to remove susceptible animals from the flock.

Broad screening bundle for breeding cattle selection, including milk proteins, horned/polled and embryonic lethals.

Confirms the presence of deleterious recessives, including HCD, BLAD, Brachyspina, Citrulinemia, DUMPS, SAA, SMA, SDM, Weaver, and Holstein Mulefoot in Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle.

Selection tool for milk protein management, including A2 beta casein, beta casein AB, kappa casein, beta-lactoglobulin and SeekSire parent verification. Potential parent IDs must provided at the time of submission and have comparison markers on file.

More commonly known as "waterhead", affected animals are born dead with an extremely large head with little or no brain material or spinal cord.

Calves affected by Protoporphyria have an acute form of photosensitization resulting in hair loss and/or the formation of ulcers on areas exposed to sunlight. In some instances this condition is lethal.

Homozygous black animals which carry Red Charlie should be treated as carriers for the red coat color gene.