Successful sampling
Time and money can be saved by taking a good quality sample for parentage verification and genetic defects testing.
DNA sampling and testing is a fundamental part of modern-day pedigree cattle breeding.
The purpose is two fold; firstly for sire or parentage verification, to validate the lineage of an animal’s pedigree and secondly to detect specific genetic defects within a breed to aid breeding decisions.
Time and money can be saved by taking a good quality sample for parentage verification and genetic defects testing.
Read more about the different test types and their associated costs.
Although the society’s laboratory continues to accept hair samples, ear tissue samples have a higher success rate.
Globally there are 400 recognised genetic defects in beef cattle. Hereford Cattle Society tests for four.