Whole Herd
Whole Herd is the ultimate, hassle-free, whole-herd recording tool
 Whole Herd matches your calves to sire and dam using DNA testing. All you have to do is provide a DNA sample and GeneMark will do the rest – it really is that simple. (Calf birth dates need to be provided for G1 & G2 transitioning herds only).
You can use this labour saving service to eliminate the hassle and potential inaccuracies of trying to assign calf to dam in the field, saving yourself time, the expense of additional farm staff, and achieve more accurate results.
‘Whole Herd will make every calving season effortless.’
With approximately one in every six calves born, having the potential to be mis-mothered, mis-tagged or mis-recorded means your herd could suffer the consequences of inbreeding and other mating disasters. For commercial farms, especially larger herds, this risk is likely to be even higher.
By using Whole Herd you can ensure that you are maximising your herds genetic gain with better, more accurate ancestry records while remaining stress-free during this busy time of the year.
‘Take away the guesswork and be sure that your calves are matched to the correct dam or sire by using Whole Herd.’
Download Parentage Verification - Whole Herd Submission Form
What Whole Herd can do for you.
Makes calf-recording simple and hassle-free, reducing your stress during calving.
- Ensures all calves are correctly matched to sire and dam, the first time.
- Provides you with accurate, quality herd records, so you can make the right decisions every time and maximise your herd’s future profitability.
- Ensures you are keeping only the highest BW animals.
- Saves you time and money.
- Lowers your reliance on additional labour and inaccuracies from dam to calf recording in the field.
Prerequisite to increase chances of successful matching for Whole Herd Parentage verification:
1. Mating records on MINDA.
2. All records up to date on MINDA e.g. Culls, sold animals removed and all Dams created on MINDA.
3. Calving dates for Upgrade herds (Full G3 Herds)
4. Calving dates and Calves dates of Birth for Transitional Herds (Non full G3 Herds).
5. Greater than 95% of all Dams profiled on the appropriate platform (all full G3 or G2/G3 Transitional).
6. All Embryo Transfer animals must be recorded on MINDA and included on paper work sent in to GeneMark. If not recorded on MINDA please supply Embryo Transfer certificates or provide all relevant information.
7. Knowledge of any Natural Mating Sires, whether profiled and profile platform (G2, G3).
Notes for PVWH:
The Whole Herd product was designed to work within ONE location. Brought in animals cannot be parent searched with the Whole Herd Product. Please speak to your Customer Relationship Manager for more information.
The value of Whole Herd
Hassle free calf recording
Make calf recording effortless, as you no longer need to match calf to dam in the field. Whole Herd will verify the calves’ parentage for you, while you spend your time on other important tasks.
Give you accurate, quality records
When you use Whole Herd for your herd, you eliminate uncertain parentage and achieve accurate information enabling better-informed herd management decisions.
Helps you avoid the costs of inbreeding
The problems associated with inbreeding can cost you up to $1000 per animal in lost production per two-year-old entering the herd. Eliminate inbreeding by using Whole Herd and avoid contributing to the 20% national error rate of matching calves to incorrect parents.
Reduce your labour demands
Reduce the need for additional labour during calving and lower the demands on you and your staff during calving so everyone can focus on animal health, the herd and the farm.
Make better-informed farming decisions
Mis-mothering and mis-identification makes accurate recording procedures difficult to achieve, especially for large, commercial farms. Using Whole Herd is an excellent way of monitoring these farm management practices and ensuring they are done right the first time.
Maximise the value of your herd
Improve the financial worth of your herd by realising more for animals with identified sires and true breeding worth confirmed.
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