LOGIX Spring School 2025

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

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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