What is ICBF?

What is ICBF?

ICBF leads industry collaboration to advance sustainable farming by improving genetic gain in the national herd and providing collaborative, data driven AgTech solutions There are over 2.5M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.

How many SNPs are in the ICBF database?

That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 80 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals. There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. Record live weights for your cattle on to the ICBF database from your phone.

How much data is stored on the ICBF database?

There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. Record live weights for your cattle on to the ICBF database from your phone.