Animal Genetics

Livestock improvement, genetic disease management, and sustainable breeding programs

Livestock ImprovementGenetic HealthBreeding Programs

Research Overview

Research Goals
  • • Enhance production efficiency
  • • Improve disease resistance
  • • Optimize reproductive performance
  • • Maintain genetic diversity
  • • Ensure animal welfare
Innovation Areas
  • • Genomic selection implementation
  • • Gene editing applications
  • • Precision breeding strategies
  • • Multi-omics integration
  • • AI-driven genetic analysis

Species Research Focus

🐄Dairy Cattle

Milk production, fertility, health traits, and conformation improvement

Milk YieldFertilitySomatic Cell Count
🥩Beef Cattle

Growth rate, feed efficiency, carcass quality, and reproductive traits

Growth RateFeed EfficiencyMarbling
🐷Swine

Litter size, growth performance, meat quality, and disease resistance

Litter SizeFeed ConversionLean Growth
🐑Sheep & Goats

Wool/milk production, reproduction, parasite resistance, and adaptation

Wool QualityMilk ProductionParasite Resistance

Trait Research Areas

Health Traits

Disease resistance, immune response, longevity, and robustness

Disease ResistanceImmunityLongevity
Production Traits

Yield, growth rate, efficiency, and product quality characteristics

YieldGrowth RateEfficiency
Reproductive Traits

Fertility, litter size, conception rate, and reproductive efficiency

FertilityLitter SizeConception Rate

Advanced Technologies

Genomic Selection Programs
Implementation across multiple livestock species

Developing and implementing genomic selection programs for dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, and small ruminants with focus on accuracy and cost-effectiveness.

SNP ArraysGenomic PredictionSelection Indices
Gene Editing Applications
Precision breeding for disease resistance and production traits

Exploring CRISPR and other gene editing technologies for introducing beneficial traits and improving animal health and productivity.

CRISPRGene EditingPrecision Breeding
Multi-Omics Integration
Combining genomics, transcriptomics, and phenomics

Integrating multiple omics data types to understand complex biological processes and improve genetic predictions.

GenomicsTranscriptomicsSystems Biology

Advance Animal Genetics Research

Partner in developing next-generation breeding strategies for sustainable livestock production