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Low methane animals
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<strong>Aim:</strong>&nbsp;Identify markers of low methane emitting sheep and cattle and incorporate into breeding indices.
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What does success look like?
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Farmers selecting for low GHG traits.
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How will&nbsp;we get there?
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	<li>Confirm low GHG is a viable trait for sheep</li>
	<li>Release breeding values for sheep</li>
	<li>Apply learnings from sheep research to cattle</li>
	<li>Release breeding values for cattle</li>
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Who&#39;s input is needed?
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Science is needed to identify markers and methods of low methane emitting animals, and test for heritability, consistency and productivity effects including disease resistance.
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Commercial input it needed to incorporate low GHG traits into New Zealand sheep, cattle and&nbsp;deer genetic selection systems (BLGNZ, NZAEL, DEERSelect).&nbsp;
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What&#39;s the timeline?
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<img src="user/image/large/434/pipeline_breeding.jpg" border="0" alt="pipeline_breeding.jpg" title="pipeline_breeding.jpg" />
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<img src="user/image/large/435/pipeline_timeline.jpg" border="0" alt="pipeline_timeline.jpg" title="pipeline_timeline.jpg" />
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