Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Animal Genetics (1959 - 1975)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
23 November 1959
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
To
9 November 1975
Functions
Veterinary or Animal Health Industries and Industrial or scientific research
Reference No
CA 8478
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
North Ryde, New South Wales

Summary

The Animal Genetics Section gained Divisional status in 1959, becoming the Division of Animal Genetics. The Divisions functions included research into the genetics and improvement of cattle, sheep and poultry through methods such as breeding and selection. In 1975 the Divisions of Animal Genetics and Animal Physiology merged to become the Division of Animal Production.

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From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962):

"The animal geneticists have their headquarters in Sydney and have taken over the sheep breeding station 'Gilruth Plains', the cattle breeding station near Rockhampton, the Badgery's Creek property and the Poultry Research Centre at Werribee. The Division is mainly concerned with two problems of the utmost importance to the future development of our animal industries. Firstly, they aim to develop more efficient methods of selection for economic characters including improved wool production. Secondly, they are studying characters of importance in the adaptation of cattle to the hot climates of northern Australia. Their aim is not to produce a new breed, but rather to identify the genetic characters which should be singled out for future stud). and which should form a basis for selection for use by the beef industry. As a means of speeding up genetic studies, the poultry breeding research was undertaken after the war, and a number of ways of improving poultry breeding have come out of the main stream of fundamental work."

Timeline

 1951 - 1959 CSIRO Animal Genetics Section
       1959 - 1975 CSIRO Division of Animal Genetics
             1975 - 2000 CSIRO Division of Animal Production
                   2000 - CSIRO Livestock Industries

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