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VikingNews UK 02 2015
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heilimo?s hat trick
heifers
at new et station örnsro news about vikingred k ari paananen, savo in finland decided in 2009 to make a serious investment in breeding and
bought
15 embryos from the asmo nucleus herd. the effort re- sulted in a number of pregnancies and also heifer calves, one of them being asmo heilimo et (turandot x miqur). heili- mo was
tested
as a heifer on vikinggenetics? expense. she got a super gntm and there were negotiations about buying her to the nucleus herd for flushings. but kari decided to keep the heifer at home and flush her himself. the first ever flush on the päivärinne farm was exe- cuted with actuasl sire of sons p yllyke. the flush resulted in four transferable embryos and among others vr ylpeys
bought
by vg. heilimo kept her high ntm and she was flushed a second time as first calver with vr urut = seven embryos and five pregnancies = four heifer calves and a bull calf. he was genomically
tested
, purchased for viking and named päivärinteen urut uuttu. after the flush heilimo was inseminated with vr uudin and gave birth to a bull calf. although the quota for testing calves by vr uudin was more or less full, heilimo?s achievements awoke interest and the calf was
tested
. he also
tested
extremely high and was
bought
by vg. ?every- one of the bull calves
tested
are also
bought
; a pretty good success rate, isn?t it?, says kari with a smile. kari has kept buying 5-10 embryos yearly to his 40-head herd, which mostly consists of ayrshire animals. taking part in ld-project (testing of all females) also facilitates testing of all own animals so the best dams for the next generation are easily found. t he first
heifers
to the et-station at örnsro in skara in sweden arrived in april. the aim is to start the flushing activities of these highly selected females in the begin- ning of the summer. all
heifers
are selected after superior genomic tests and they all belong to the very best animals within their daughter group. the next group of
heifers
will arrive in skara later this summer. the pedigrees of the
bought
heifers
are presented in table 1. table 1. pedigree of the
bought
heifers
that recently have arrived at örnsro, skara heifer sire maternal grand sire gntm 52 petrona r david gunnarstorp +25 891 lilja vr ultimo vr bond +26 750 ella buckarby vr alibi +33 723 kajsa vr havre st hallebo +24 593 vr ulv v föske +26 1741 stjärna vh suarez vh grafit +33 807 tora ullimulli r haslöv +25 kari paananen, finland, with the highly
tested
heifer kesäheinä, already flushed with vr faradi and inseminated with vr lazer. all
heifers
in the et station in örnsro in skara in sweden have been se- lected based on high genomic test ? and are among the very best animals in their progeny groups. 10 vikingnews | june 2015
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