The federal government is investing over $575,000 in Delta Genomics Centre to help provide genomic technology to the beef industry.
Delta Genomics Centre is an arm of Livestock Gentec. The non-profit provides genotyping, bio-banking, and sequencing services to researchers and the livestock industry. They can also conduct research on a contract basis for livestock producers.
The centre will use the funding to collect and analyze samples from cattle for SNP testing. Canadian breed associations will be able to use the results to offer more accurate, more affordable, and less time-consuming genetic profiling tools. Feedlot owners and processors may be able to use the technology in the future to identify animals with superior meat qualities.