Any species, any scale

Flexible Across Species. Deployed Across Breeds and Countries.

Helical supports Beef, Dairy, Sheep, Goats, Deer, Aquaculture, Horses, Working Dogs, and Forestry programmes—ranging from single-breed operations to large multi-breed, national, and international breeding systems. The platform adapts to your workflows, no matter the species or scale.

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Built for complexity

One Platform for Every Breeding Programme

Modern breeding programmes increasingly span multiple species, multiple breeds, and even multiple countries. Helical is built to support that complexity through flexible schemas, configurable workflows, and robust genomic infrastructure that can operate across organisational and geographic boundaries.

Whether you run:

  • A single-breed national evaluation
  • A multi-breed composite programme
  • A multi-species enterprise spanning Beef, Dairy, and Sheep
  • An international breeding initiative across AU/NZ/US/EU
  • A species with complex breeding structures (e.g., aquaculture, small ruminants)

Helical provides a unified, evaluation-ready data environment designed for long-term scalability.
Supported species

Genomics for Nine Species

 Beef Cattle Helical supports some of the world's most advanced beef programmes, from national single-step evaluations to large pastoral companies benchmarking genetics across multiple properties. Proven in both single-breed and multi-breed contexts. Use cases include:
  • National beef evaluations
  • Multi-breed and composite programmes
  • Internal company breeding programmes
  • Feed efficiency, methane, and carcase trait integration
  • High-throughput genotype workflows
 Dairy Cattle Designed for high-volume dairy data environments with strong phenotype ingest, genomic workflows, indexing, and benchmarking across herds and regions. Use cases include:
  • National dairy evaluations
  • Multi-country dairy programmes
  • Custom index and trait modelling
  • Genomic mating and herd improvement tools
 Sheep Helical supports sheep breeding systems with diverse production environments, composite breeding, and multi-flock genomic evaluations. Use cases include:
  • Cooperative multi-flock programmes
  • National or regional evaluations
  • Cross-flock benchmarking
  • Low- and medium-density genotyping workflows
 Goats Support for goat breed societies, commercial producers, and cooperative breeding systems. Flexible workflows for parentage, registry, genomic evaluations, and trait development. Use cases include:
  • Breed society registry management
  • Cooperative breeding programmes
  • Parentage verification and genomic profiling
  • Custom trait and index development
 Deer Helical accommodates the unique structure of deer breeding programmes including velvet traits, carcase data, multi-property operations, and genomic-enabled selection. Use cases include:
  • Velvet and carcase trait evaluations
  • Multi-property herd management
  • Genomic-enabled selection programmes
  • Pedigree and performance recording
 Aquaculture Designed for high-density genotyping, large family structures, multi-environment trait analyses, and high-throughput phenotyping in aquaculture systems. Use cases include:
  • Family-based breeding programmes
  • High-density genotyping workflows
  • Multi-environment trait analysis
  • Disease resistance and growth trait selection
 Horses Sport horse breeding programmes, parentage control, performance trait evaluation, and pedigree management for equine populations. Use cases include:
  • Sport horse breeding programmes
  • Parentage control and verification
  • Performance trait evaluation
  • Pedigree management
 Working Dogs Health and performance genetics research for working dog populations, with parentage assignment, trait development for working ability, and breeding programme support. Use cases include:
  • Health and performance genetics research
  • Parentage assignment
  • Trait development for working ability
  • Breeding programme management
 Forestry Pine tree breeding programmes, multi-environment trait analysis, and genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in forestry populations. Use cases include:
  • Pine tree breeding programmes
  • Multi-environment trait analysis
  • Genomic selection for growth and wood quality
  • Progeny testing and clonal evaluation
Capabilities

Multi-Breed, National, and International

 Multi-Breed & Composite Programmes
  • Crossbred and composite populations
  • Multi-breed evaluations
  • Breed-specific and shared trait models
  • Breed-of-origin management
  • Flexible schema for breed codes, hybrid vigour, and heterosis modelling
This is essential for cooperative programmes, integrated enterprises, and modern national systems transitioning to multi-breed genomic evaluations. National-Scale Implementations
  • Large-scale phenotype ingest
  • National parentage workflows
  • Multi-institution data governance
  • High-throughput genotype processing
  • Reference population management
  • Official EBV/GE-EBV pipelines
Helical is deployed in full national evaluation systems, supporting scale, governance, and continuous genomic pipelines. International Deployments
  • Cross-country data flows
  • Secure multi-region hosting
  • Shared trait definitions
  • International cooperations and evaluations
  • Multi-country breeding company programmes
  • Data sovereignty per jurisdiction
Used across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Europe. Supports organisations operating in multiple markets, labs sending genotypes internationally, and research groups coordinating cross-country reference populations.
Why it works

Why Helical Works Across Species, Breeds, and Countries

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Fully Flexible Data Structures

Traits, environments, breeds, breeds-of-origin, and validation rules are all configurable—no species or breed assumptions baked in.

2

Workflow Autonomy

Parentage, QC, genotype ingest, and phenotype pipelines are species-agnostic and support country-specific rules when required.

3

Evaluation-Ready for Any Population Structure

Helical supports single-step genomic models, multi-breed evaluations, national and international evaluations, custom traits and indexes, and cross-country reference populations.

4

Configurable Registry & Membership Systems

Support for herds, flocks, mobs, properties, regions, cohorts, and breeding groups across species and borders.

5

Built for Scale

Capable of handling national-level datasets with millions of animals and high-throughput genotyping pipelines.
One platform

One Platform Across Species, Breeds, and Countries

From single-breed societies to international breeding companies, Helical provides the genomic infrastructure to support your entire programme—no matter the species or scale.

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