Genetic markers are becoming the hot approach to breeding better livestock and poultry, and Dr. Ben Wood of Hybrid Turkeys outlined why during the 37th Poultry Innovations Conference here recently.
He said more than 60,000 chicken traits can be tracked with computer-chip analysis now, and many of these traits are ones that are nearly impossible to identify by looking at birds and their offspring.
He said that means there could be major advances for traits such as fertility and disease resistance.
