Methods and systems are provided for managing non-beef livestock subjects
in order to maximize their individual potential performance and the value
of a product from the non-beef livestock subjects, and to maximize
profits obtained in marketing the non-beef livestock subjects. The
methods and systems draw an inference of a trait of a non-beef livestock
subject by determining the nucleotide occurrence of at least one non-beef
livestock SNP that is determined to be associated with the trait. The
inference is used in methods of the present invention to establish the
economic value of a non-beef livestock subject, to improve profits
related to selling beef from a non-beef livestock subject; to manage
non-beef livestock subjects, to sort non-beef livestock subjects; to
improve the genetics of a non-beef livestock population by selecting and
breeding of non-beef livestock subjects, to clone a non-beef livestock
subject with a specific trait, to track meat or another commercial
product of a non-beef livestock subject; and to diagnose a health
condition of a non-beef livestock subject. Certain embodiments of the
present invention provide methods, systems, and kits are directed to
inferences of a trait related to milk or a dairy product in a livestock
subject.