British company Antler Bio brings epigenetics to dairy farms

Blood tests help tie how management is meeting the genetic potential of the animals

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Andy Lessey was talking about Antler Bio, a company that ties maangement to genetic potential through epigenetics. Photo: John Greig

Glacier FarmMedia—Antler Bio, a company from the United Kingdom, has created a product that uses blood tests to determine how well a dairy cow is meeting its genetic potential and what can be done to improve the outcome.

The field is called epigenetics, and Antler Bio is one of the first companies to create a testing program to prove management-genetic interactions.

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Andy Lessey, chief operating officer of Antler Bio, was at Ag in Motion 2025 as part of the Cultivator by Conexus display. Cultivator is a Saskatchewan-based technology accelerator that has a partnership with InnovateUK to have some British tech companies as part of its cohorts.

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John Greig

Senior editor for Ontario, livestock and technology, Glacier FarmMedia

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