Peñagaricano researches opportunities to predict bull fertility. “Phenotypes for bull fertility may be laboratory measurements centered around sperm quality, breeding soundness exams, and scrotal circumference, but these are really indicator traits, and the ideal phenotype is a sire conception rate,” Dr. Francisco Peñagaricano, University of Wisconsin assistant professor of quantitative genetics, said. Peñagaricano gave his presentation titled “Genomic Dissection and Prediction of Bull Fertility” during the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Symposium June 23 in Des Moines, Iowa. Peñagaricano discussed his study of predicting bull fertility, research findings and opportunities for bull fertility selection. A Study of Bull Fertility… Peñagaricano’s research...

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