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The ‘Northern Australian beef fertility (CashCow)’ project investigated the reproductive performance of beef breeders across northern Australia.

The National beef genetics extension strategy aimed to increase the understanding and ability of beef cattle breeders to use knowledge and tools to cost effectively increase the rate of…
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The Metagenomic approaches for understanding the functional metabolic potential of methanogen communities in ruminant livestock project investigated the genomes and gene expression profiles of rumen methanogens from Australian…
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The Male indicator traits to improve female reproductive performance project aimed to identify early life predictors of bull reproductive performance and improve efficiency of sire selection. The final report…
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The Improving fertility to artificial insemination in Bos indicus cattle project investigated the effect of concentrations of progesterone and antral follicle counts before artificial insemination (AI) on pregnancy outcomes to AI…
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The Impact of infectious diseases on beef cattle reproduction project looked at the impact of bovine pestivirus and Neospora caninum on beef production in Australia. To learn more…
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The Ideal markers for tropically adapted cattle – proof of concept: functional mutations for bull fertility project identified functional mutations via a combination of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and sequenced…
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The GonaCon™ trial in heifers investigated the immunocontraceptive vaccine GonaCon and its use in northern Australian cattle. For more information about this trial, please read the final report summary and…
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The Genome-wide association study of tropical composite bulls for reproduction traits project calculated SNP effects in a population of tropical composite bulls with deep phenotypes for a range of…
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The Genetic technologies to reduce methane emissions from Australian beef cattle project delivered tools and knowledge to assist producers to breed productive, lower emissions cattle, using validated methodologies that…
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