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Mating with a Guarantee

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Table 1. DNA Diagnostic Products*
Bovigen, LLC (www.bovigen.com)
Test		What it measures	Sample used	How reported	Cost	Turnaround
GeneSTAR^® Tenderness		Markers related to calpain and calpastatin genes	Blood, hair follicle or semen	Marker genotype/genetic progeny difference	$30-$45	1 week
GeneSTAR^® Quality Grade		Markers related to thyroglobulin gene	Blood, hair follicle or semen	Marker genotype/genetic progeny difference	$30-$45	1 week
GeneSTAR^® Black		Genotype of black coat color	Blood, hair follicle or semen	Homozygous or heterozygous black and presence of confounding allele	$30-$32	1 week
GeneSTAR^® SireTRACE		Parentage and ID	Blood, hair follicle or semen	Excluded or verified	$20-$25	1 week
Igenity (www.igenity.com)
Test		What it measures	Sample used	How reported	Cost	Turnaround
Igenity Profile includes:			Tissue, blood or hair follicle	(see below)	$35 (tissue) $40 (other)	7-10 days
	Carcass Traits	Markers related to back fat, ribeye area, hot carcass weight		Score of 1-10
	Coat Color	Genotype of black or red coat color		Homozygous or heterozygous black or red, and presence of confounding allele
	Maternal Milk Yield	Markers related to milk production		Score of 1-10
	Multi-Sire Parentage	Parentage ID in multi-sire pastures		Excluded or verified
	Quality Grade	Markers related to marbling		Score of 1-10
	Tenderness	Markers related to calpain and calpastatin genes		Score of 1-10
	Yield Grade	Markers related to Lean fat yield		Score of 1-10
BVD-PI Testing			Tissue or blood	Positive or negative	$2.50 with Ingenity profile	7-10 days
Commercial Ranch Genetic Evaluation		Within-herd EPDs for traits of choice		EPDs based on progency performance	$35/bull/trait + Igenity profile for progeny	7-10 days
Horned-Polled (breed-specific)		Horned, polled or scurred		Horned, polled or scurred	Varies	7-10 days
MMI Genomics, Inc. (www.mmigenomics.com) or (www.breedtru.com)
Test		What it measures	Sample used	How reported	Cost	Turnaround
Tru-Parentage		Parentage and ID	Micro-Card blood spot	Excluded or verified	$16-$25	2-10 days
Tru-Polled		Genotype of polled gene	Micro-Card blood spot	Homozygous or heterozygous polled	$110	15 days
Tru-CoatColor (black)		Genotype of black coat color	Micro-Card blood spot	Homozygous or heterozygous black	$32	15 days
Tru-Myostatin		Genotype of myostatin gene	Micro-Card blood spot	Copy number of myostatin gene	$15-$25	monthly
*Based on company product offerings as of 02-01-07, from companies offering DNA diagnostics beyond parentage and products based on private and public research.