Merial, Duluth, Ga., has licensed from BoviQuest the first globally available gene marker tests identifying milk yield and composition without negatively impacting fertility in dairy cattle.

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Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. , Duluth, Ga., has licensed from BoviQuest the first globally available gene marker marker /mark·er/ (mahrk´er) something that identifies or that is used to identify.

tumor marker tests identifying milk yield and composition without negatively impacting fertility fertility: see infertility.

fertility

Ability of an individual or couple to reproduce through normal sexual activity. About 80% of healthy, fertile women are able to conceive within one year if they have intercourse regularly without contraception. in dairy cattle. The attainment of global distribution rights for these two new tests, IGENITY OptiYIELD[TM] and IGENITY ComponentMAKER[TM], significantly expands Merial's IGENITY portfolio in the dairy sector.

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