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LOGIX Spring School 2025

Logix Small Livestock Training School 2025

• Informal and practical
• Wednesday evenings in August from 18:00 – 19:30
• Zoom in Afrikaans and English

August 6: Production Notes
• Who is SA Stud Book and Logix?
• Identification of animals
• Which traits and how to measure
• Growth and Wool testing

August 13: Logix
• The recording of animals` information on Logix
• Useful reports to facilitate management and selection of animals
• Prediction of future inbreeding

August 20: Breeding Values
• Information required for estimation of breeding values
• Accuracy of breeding values
• Traits for which breeding values are estimated
• Selection indices for balanced improvement

August 27: Selection of Animals
• Selection Objectives
• Ram and Ewe Selection
• Adaptability
• Use of breeding values by stud and commercial breeders
• Genetic tools: The Genetic Report, SASmallStock, Catalogues


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