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1 Welcome Chairman Kim Matthews Sheep Breeders Round Table 2015 Twitter #sbrt15 Friday Warm Up Session

2 Chairman Kim Matthews Signet Update Samuel Boon Maternal Trait Update Ewe longevity / survival Jo Conington Mastitis Will Sawday Combined Breed Analysis Research project Sam for Kirsty Moore RamCompare Liz Genever Tea and Coffee International Sheep Focus Norway Thor Blichfeldt

3 Signet Update SBRT 2015 Friday Session Samuel Boon Signet Breeding Services

4 SBRT Competition To be announced on Saturday night Best Poster Best (Succinct) Question Best Tweet or Tweets

5 Overview Signet team Levy support Ultrasound scanning and recording Service Development work Data transfer

6 Governance provided by the Signet Guidance Group made up of AHDB Beef and Lamb Board Members Commercial Sector Company

7 Genetic Evaluations Collation of data Provision of EBVs Reporting Measurement services Consultancy Technology Transfer (England) Promotion of EBVs to pedigree & commercial produces

8 Technology Transfer QMS Douglas Bell Head of Industry Development HCC Gwawr Parry - Genetics Luned Evans Market requirements James Ruggerri Benchmark/Health Charlie Morris - MI AHDB Beef and Lamb Katie Brian & colleagues

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10 Signet Team 2015 Sam Boon Manager Technician team Consultancy team Bureau team Dennis Homer Steve West Vacant Natalie Dodd Specialist Specialist Bureau Manager Andrew Steele Pragna Patel Vacant Stewart Nellist Kay Shone (Maternity Leave) Amanda Pearson (Part time following Maternity Leave) Maria Howard (New 2015) Temp Summer

11 Levy Support EGENES Data Analysis 85,000 AHDB Beef and Lamb, HCC and QMS EGENES Development Work 30,000 AHDB Beef and Lamb + 10,949 overspend AHDB Beef and Lamb FEC & CT Scanning ~ 30,000 in 2014 AHDB Beef and Lamb, QMS, HCC ~ 20,000 in 2015 AHDB Beef and Lamb, QMS, HCC U/sound scanning (running costs) 45,000 in 2014/5 AHDB Beef and Lamb

12 Ultrasound Scanning New technician, Stephen West Very tight deadlines/large peak Lambs scanned 40, /13 (last SBRT) 40, /15

13 Breed Flocks Number of lambs Number of genetic dams Number lambs with early weight Number lamb scanned TEXEL SUFFOLK HAMPSHIRE DOWN CHAROLLAIS LLEYN BLUEFACED LEICS DORSET SHROPSHIRE SCOTCHBLACKFACE SOUTHDOWN BELTEX COMPOSITE WILTSHIRE HORN MEATLINC NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT ROMNEY MARSH WELSH MOUNTAIN BEULAH EASYCARE BLUE TEXEL BLEU DU MAINE BORDER LEICESTER VENDEEN ZWARTBLES

14 Recording Membership Figures provided Jul-15 Sheepbreeder Beefbreeder England Other 6 3 Northern Ireland 41 6 Scotland Wales Grand Total

15 Pedigree Sales Dorset Sold Clearance Average % Price Top 10% Top 25% Above Average Below Average Charollais Sold Average price ( ) Top 10% 21 1,398 Top 25% 15 1,163 Top 50% Below average Unrecorded Texel Average sale Sold price ( ) Top 10% Top 25% Above Average Below Average Unrecorded

16 Service Development Dorset & Lleyn New Genetic parameters Maternal Ability EBV All Breeds Welsh Mountain / Wiltshire Horn Index review Blue Texel First across flock evaluation Beulah genetic parameters Oxford Down First across flock evaluation Suffolk - Resolving incorrect pedigrees Texel Ewe mature size issues Exlana index development and implementation Lleyn index work on-going Charollais New Index Ability to record management groups at 8 weeks and for mature weights Romney First across flock evaluation

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18 New projects Scanning repeatability work Scan age project Janet Roden Testicle trial Nottingham University Student Hill Sheep Recording Proposal EIP Funding Big projects Combined Breed Analysis RamCompare Ewe Longevity / Lamb Survival

19 Shearling ewe mature weight update Grand Total LLEYN TEXEL SCOTCHBLACKFACE EASYCARE SUFFOLK DORSET CHAROLLAIS COMPOSITE NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT HILL BEULAH NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT PARK WELSH MOUNTAIN

20 Inbreeding work Inbreeding coefficients now published on BASCO To get a value an animal needs 8 known great grandparents We can now plot inbreeding across breeds/flocks Inbreeding software for breeders to do their own inbreeding work is now available online

21 Inbreeding across breeds

22 Breeding Updates Website New: Breeding News

23 CT Scanning Service commercial lambs (285 through mobile and 334 in Edinburgh) plus 803 trial lambs commercial lambs (83 through mobile and 358 in Edinburgh) plus 401 trial lambs.

24 Better Returns Programme

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26 Want to learn more about EBVs? Try the new EBLEX on-line training package

27 Print your own charts

28 Download your own EBVs

29 Data pathways Electronic via spreadsheets Paper Basco online Large flocks Border Software / Shearwell Small / medium sized flocks Basco database for Signet Genetic Evaluations

30 Electronic File Upload BADUT Lambing information Lamb 8 week weights Retagging Census Shearling ewe weights Calving information Working on cattle weights

31 Data pathways Electronic via spreadsheets Paper Basco online Large flocks Border Software / Shearwell Small / medium sized flocks Basco database for Signet Genetic Evaluations

32 Online Data Entry Stephen West is leading the development of the online service within Signet headquarters Instructions Video clips Phone support

33 Online Data Entry Breeders using the service must have a Flockbook Number based on UK tag i.e. 16AB00001 for UK Even ET recipient ewes Site Not currently designed for crossbreds/crossbreeding Not currently designed for overseas flock

34 Online Data Entry Signet is the gatekeeper for Moving animals between flocks Setting up new ewes and rams Weights at the moment Breeders can Put on lambing in order/specific ewe Put on ET lambing Complete a census with fate codes Do inbreeding runs

35 Online Data Entry Service already exists for Texel/Suffolk/Hampshire Down breeders Next step to enable Signet breeders to enter data on-line Service planned to go live mid-december Charollais have agreed to pilot In 2016 Steve will provide a 25 ram voucher per Charollais breeder if they submit their lambing via the online site and provide feedback Plan to extend offer to other breeds recording through Signet, if this goes well

36 Flock preferences screen

37 Birth notification

38 Census

39 Summary Lots happening On-line/electronic data transfer will be major focus for 2016 Several major breeding projects on the horizon

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