Neogen Australasia’s Smart Flock Elite product includes the genomic profiling of animals with Neogen’s premium, proprietary genotyping platform, the GeneSeek Genomic Profiler (GGP) Ovine 50K.

The GGP Ovine 50K genotyping platform was designed ‘by the Australian sheep industry, for the Australian sheep industry’, and has over 50,000 markers, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (or SNPs).

The GGP Ovine 50K was developed in collaboration with researchers at the University of New England, Agriculture Victoria and the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, and consists of markers that were specifically selected to explain maximum genetic variation in the Australian sheep population, delivering value for money from your investment in genomic testing.

To learn more about the GGP Ovine 50K, click here.

Smart Flock Elite comes with a guaranteed 28 day turnaround time, demonstrating Neogen Australasia’s commitment to providing Australian sheep breeders with a premium genotyping service.

To qualify for this offer, samples must be submitted as tissue sampling units (TSUs), be accompanied by a correctly completed electronic submission form, and be correctly identified.

In the event that Neogen Australasia does not return Smart Flock Elite results in 28 days, a discount of 10% will be applied as a credit to the customer’s Sheep DNA account. Additional terms and conditions apply – click here.

Smart Flock Elite is fully integrated with Meat & Livestock Australia’s central genomics database for the Australian sheep industry, delivering Smart Flock Elite customers with a blue-ribbon DNA parentage assignment service.

Coupled with outstanding customer service, utilisation of all available genomic profiles in the MLA genomics database, including those from the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (I.e. Sheep CRC), maximises the probability of successfully assigning an animal’s sire and dam, delivering additional value to your breeding program.