Igenity® Beef
SKU No. 44 | Catalog No.
Igenity® Beef includes 17 maternal, performance, and carcass traits plus parentage. With Igenity, you can:
- Rank and select replacement heifers that meet the goals of your operation.
- Verify sire parentage for a productive, efficient bull battery.
- Produce feeder cattle to fit your market and market qualified cattle with Igenity Branded.
- Encompass E-Z platform and custom index tool allow producers to utilize Igenity Beef results and make confident decisions.
- Pair Igenity Beef with BreedSeek to verify breed composition and Envigor to manage heterosis.
- Pair with Igenity BCHF to confidently select animals with genetics to improve heart health.
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Additional Testing
Additional testing is available to add in the next step when uploading your submission form.
Coat Color Dilutor (DL)
This dilution gene causes black coat color to be gray and red coat color to be yellow.
Learn MoreDigital Subluxation (DS)
Affected animals are known to have malformation of the rear pastern or pasterns.
Learn MoreDun Coat Color (DN)
This dilution gene causes black coat color to be diluted to shades of dark brown to golden. Red pigment is not diluted by this mutation.
Learn MoreBreedSeek
BreedSeek delivers primary and secondary majority breeds and percentages for the following breeds: Akaushi, Angus, Brahman, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey, Limousin, Nelore, Red Angus, Simental, Shorthorn, and Wagyu.
Igenity® Envigor™
Igenity® Envigor™ is the industry's first and only genomic tool to measure heterosis in crossbred cattle. Reported on a scale of 1 to 10, the results can be used to select replac
Learn MoreTenderness/Leptin
Product designed to help commercial producers select cattle with the genetic potential for tender meat.
Learn MoreTibial Hemimelia (TH)
Affected animals are born with severe deformities including twisted rear legs with fused joints, large abdominal hernias and/or skull deformities.
Learn MoreOculocutaneous Hypopigmentation (OH)
Affected animals are known to have eyes with irises that are pale blue around the pupil.
Learn MoreNeuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH)
More commonly known as "waterhead", affected animals are born dead with an extremely large head with little or no brain material or spinal cord.
Learn MoreOsteopetrosis (OS)
Also known as “marble bone”, affected animals phenotypically possess a short lower jaw and impacted molars as well as elongated, fragile bones that are easily broken.
Learn MorePulmonary Hypoplasia Anasarca (PHA)
Affected animals are stillborn due to underdeveloped lungs and swelling caused by excessive fluid retention.
Learn MoreMyostatin (MYO)
Most commonly referred to as “double muscling”. Possible variants tested include C313Y, nt419, E226X, nt821, E291X, Q204X, D182N, F94L, and S105C.
Learn MoreAlpha Mannosidosis (MA)
Affected animals develop poor coordination and an aggressive disposition when disturbed.
Learn MoreHorned/Polled (HP)
Genomic test to determine an animal's carrier status for the horned gene.
Learn MoreHypotrichosis (HY)
Also known as "hairlessness", affected animals have partial or total hair loss.
Learn MoreIdiopathic Epilepsy (IE)
Also referred to as “shaker calf”, affected animals are prone to seizures.
Learn MoreDevelopmental Duplication (DD)
Affected animals are born with all, or part of, an extra limb.
Learn MoreChondrodysplasia (CHO)
"Bulldog" calves, the lethal form, are stillborn. Dwarfism of the Dexter breed resulting in shortened legs.
Learn MoreContractural Arachnodactyly (CA)
Also known as “fawn calf”, CA results in an abnormality of skeletal development in Angus cattle.
Learn MoreArthrogryposis Multiplex (AM)
Known as "curly calf", affected animals (those with two copies of the recessive allele) are stillborn and have a twisted or curved spine and extended and contracted limbs.
Learn MoreBovine Viral Diarrhea Virus - Persistently Infected (BVDV-PI)
Neogen® offers fast and accurate testing for the detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV).
Igenity BCHF (Add On)
Igenity® BCHF is a genomic test that estimates an animal’s genetic risk for heart failure. By DNA testing cattle for BCHF, producers can confidently identify animals with the genetics to improve bovine heart health.
| Specifications | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Igenity® | |
| Breeds Supported | Angus, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Limousin, Maine-Anjou, Red Angus, Shorthorn, Simmental | |
| Species | Bovine, Beef | |
| Result Type | Igenity Scores | |
| Profile Detail | Igenity Beef reports 17 key maternal, performance, and carcass traits as well as 3 indexes and parentage. | |
| Data Results | Encompass Dashboard | |
| Submission Information | Animal ID and a Sample Barcode are required information for each sample submitted. | |
| Genetic Conditions | BVDV, Coat Color, Horned/Polled (HP), BCHF Breeding Rank | |
| Turnaround Time | 3 to 4 weeks | |
Additional Information
When paired with Envigor, results can be combined into the Igenity Total Cow Index. This index measures a females own heterosis and genetic potential, plus the genetic potential she will pass on to her offspring.”Documents
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