Genome Alberta is taking a look at the social, environmental and economic challenges around biotechnology in the livestock sector by hosting a one-day conference in Calgary April 23.
The day includes panels featuring scientists from across North America. Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam is one of those speakers.
Eenennaam, a researcher with the University of California, Davis, is looking at cattle traits such as feed efficiency, fertility and resistance to bovine respiratory disease.The industry doesn’t have good selection criteria for these traits right now and so Van Eenennaam hopes to “harness the genomics revolution to help identify cattle that are superior with regards to these very important economic traits.”