Igenity® Beef

Coat Color Dilutor (DL)

This dilution gene causes black coat color to be gray and red coat color to be yellow in the Hereford, Simmental and Gelbvieh breed.

Digital Subluxation (DS)

Affected animals are known to have malformation of the rear pastern or pasterns.

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.

Tenderness/Leptin

Product designed to help commercial producers select cattle with the genetic potential for tender meat.

Tibial Hemimelia (TH)

Affected animals are born with severe deformities including twisted rear legs with fused joints, large abdominal hernias and/or skull deformities.

Oculocutaneous Hypopigmentation (OH)

Affected animals are known to have eyes with irises that are pale blue around the pupil.

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.

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.

Pulmonary Hypoplasia Anasarca (PHA)

Affected animals are stillborn due to underdeveloped lungs and swelling caused by excessive fluid retention.

Myostatin (MYO)

Most commonly referred to as “double muscling”. Possible variants tested include C313Y, nt419, E226X, nt821, E291X, Q204X, D182N, F94L, and S105C.

Alpha Mannosidosis (MA)

Affected animals develop poor coordination and an aggressive disposition when disturbed.

Horned/Polled (HP)

Hypotrichosis (HY)

Also known as "hairlessness", affected animals have partial or total hair loss.

Idiopathic Epilepsy (IE)

Also referred to as “shaker calf”, affected animals are prone to seizures.

Developmental Duplication (DD)

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

Chondrodysplasia (CHO)

"Bulldog" calves, the lethal form, are stillborn. Dwarfism of the Dexter breed resulting in shortened legs.

Coat Color (Black/Red)

Red or Black coat color in cattle.

Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA)

Also known as “fawn calf”, CA results in an abnormality of skeletal development in Angus cattle.

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.

Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus - Persistently Infected (BVDV-PI)

Neogen® offers fast and accurate testing for the detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV).

Igenity® BCHF

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.

GGP Bovine uLD Genotype

Delivers 35K SNP genotype as well as 210 ISAG bovine parentage verification markers.