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Scotch Beef PGI Traceability and Performance Project
Scotch Beef PGI Traceability and Performance Project
Objectives
The Scotch Beef PGI Traceability and Performance project is designed to prove several concepts around use of DNA analysis for both meat traceability and integrity and cattle performance development.
Objectives
The Scotch Beef PGI Traceability and Performance project is designed to prove several concepts around use of DNA analysis for both meat traceability and integrity and cattle performance development.
Activities
The project will investigate the ability to relate phenotypic performance of cattle offspring to maternal DNA, AS WELL AS proving that a full integrity meat supply chain can be delivered through the use of maternal DNA. The project is designed to prove a concept and, if successful, will develop a blueprint for an industry wide project which is intended to provide full meat traceability to the Scotch brand and to provide the world’s largest database of cattle Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs- essentially what creates genetic variation) to permit fully accurate breeding and cross-breeding, delivering significant economic and environmental benefit to the Scottish beef industry.
Activities
The project will investigate the ability to relate phenotypic performance of cattle offspring to maternal DNA, AS WELL AS proving that a full integrity meat supply chain can be delivered through the use of maternal DNA. The project is designed to prove a concept and, if successful, will develop a blueprint for an industry wide project which is intended to provide full meat traceability to the Scotch brand and to provide the world’s largest database of cattle Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs- essentially what creates genetic variation) to permit fully accurate breeding and cross-breeding, delivering significant economic and environmental benefit to the Scottish beef industry.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020
- Agricultural sectors
- Beef cattle
€ 94800
Total budget
Total contributions including EU funding.
€ 94800
EU contribution
Any type of EU funding.
Project keyword
Contacts
Mrs Sarah Millar Director of Industry Development QMS smillar@qmscotland.co.uk
Project coordinator
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Quality Meat Scotland
Project coordinator