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The Feed Saved Australian Breeding Value (ABV), available to dairy farmers from April 2015, is the culmination of eight years of research and development youtube watch activity by Dairy Futures CRC , in conjunction with a range of local and overseas partners.
It is the first feed efficiency breeding value in the world to incorporate real feed intake data, as well as a prediction of feed required for maintenance purposes, making youtube watch the trait more relevant for farmers.
This is the first practical use of genomic tests to measure a trait that can t be routinely measured youtube watch on farm, and the start of more extensive genomic testing to improve the range of traits important to dairy farmers.
The new Feed Saved ABV adds further strength to the new Balanced Performance Index developed by the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme youtube watch (ADHIS), which aims to maximise profit from selection.  
The Feed Saved ABV will be published for the first time in the ADHIS publications, including the Good Bulls Guide . It will also form part of the ADHIS three new breeding indices , so farmers who make bull selections using one of the indices will be including feed efficiency in their breeding decisions.
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