The objectives of these Schemes are to implement—
| (a) |
animal recording for individual animal management— |
| (i) |
to monitor each animal’s performance and the use of that information in normal, day-to-day farm management. |
| (ii) |
must represents the integration of objective performance data into the farm management process and permits more effective decision making at farm level and on an on-going basis. |
| (b) |
animal recording to compare specific production system— |
| (i) |
In order to achieve feeding strategies, sources of genetic materials and other management variables. |
| (c) |
animal recording for genetic improvement— |
| (i) |
to acquire the information needed to permit sustained genetic change toward an objectively defined bio-economic development goal; |
| (ii) |
to focus on the breed as a whole rather than an individual animal. |
| (iii) |
to achieve maintenance of detailed records of parentage and of genetic relationships within the animals that are being recorded. |
| (iv) |
to ensure sustainable recording program over time or animal generations and the consistency thereof. |
Statistics Act, 1999
