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AbacusBio

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Engineering & Services
Founded 2001Service Provider
Profile last updated: April 26, 2026

About

Founded in 2001, AbacusBio is a dairy industry service provider based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom selling engineering & services.

AbacusBio is an agriscience consultancy founded in 2001 that provides genetic improvement, genomic evaluation, trait prioritisation, selection index, breeding strategy, market assessment and business case services. Clients include breeding organisations, herdbooks, seed and agribusiness companies, and farmers. Its work covers livestock and crop breeding, and it has a dedicated New Zealand dairy offering and dairy-related projects, including beef-dairy selection indices for the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation. The firm has consultants in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and North America and reports projects in over 30 countries.

Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Founded

2001

Focus areas

genetic improvementgenomic evaluationselection indicesbreeding strategytrait prioritisationdairy cattle geneticsagribusiness consulting

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Engineering & Services

Supplier role

Service Provider

Milk species

Cow

Services

Training

Products

AbacusBio cross-prediction and hybrid-prediction pipelines

Genomic evaluation service

Pipelines that predict breeding candidate performance when crossed as parents, and identify parental combinations for hybrid crops.

Mate allocation app

Software

App that provides mate allocations to help breeders focus on the most promising genetic lines.

Service regions

New ZealandAustraliaUnited KingdomNorth America

Standards, references & customers

Named customers

BayerIrish Cattle Breeding FederationAmerican Angus AssociationBritish Texel Society

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders

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