Dairy Sheep

The GenOvis dairy module allows the evaluation of dairy sheep for milk production and milk components. Milk traits have good heritability, so the genetic evaluations assist producers in ewe and ram selection. Purebred and crossbred dairy sheep can be evaluated in the genetic program.

Dairy Indexes

 

Since December 2020,  two dairy genetic indexes are available for selection.

The first index is designed to select the most productive ewes in terms of kilograms of milk produced per lactation. 

The second index is designed to select the ewes with the best genetic potential to produce greater amount of fat and protein per lactation. 

Basic Information

 

Data Entry Files

Please note that you must record lambing data prior to entering milk weights and milk components.