GENETIC TRAITS AND CARRIER CODES
- Request for Investigation of Newly Observed and Previously Unknown Genetic Traits (updated 2024)
- ** New ** Process for evaluating Genetic Traits
- WHFF Genetic Traits and Carrier Codes (updated 2024)
- Use of WHFF Direct Test Codes for Coat Colour
GUIDELINES AND STATEMENTS
- ** New ** Guidelines for Interpreting New Evidence on Potential Monogenic Traits
- WHFF Council Statement on Gene Editing and the labelling of their products
- Guidelines for Registering Clones
GENETIC TRAITS NEWS UPDATE
Updated 11/09/2020
- The WHFF Council have been working with INTERBULL to create an exchange mechanism for Holstein Friesian Genetic Traits. This service is now available: VIEW the brochure that contains further details on this new service. The Interbull Centre’s database (IDEA) for the collection of animal trait information (‘AnimInfo’) has been expanded to facilitate the collection of the WHFF genetic trait information. Although the genetic traits information may originate within WHFF member organisations, this information will be uploaded to AnimInfo by Interbull Service Users/National Genetic Evaluation Centres used by the WHFF membership. It is not uploaded directly by WHFF members.If you wish to participate in this important exchange of data, please contact your National Genetic Evaluation Centres to discuss this new service. They will contact INTERBULL and set up the exchange.
- WHFF Standardize Labelling of Genetic Trait Coding 2019- EN link to document
- VIEW ICAR Disease Booklet (note that for conditions known to exist in the Holstein Breed, the official list of traits is available below.) WHFF do not endorse genetic traits where the precise genotyping test is not made publicly available.
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