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VikingNews UK 04 2015
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v ikinggenetics owns an increasing number of
heifers
from dairy breeds. we primarily buy
heifers
from herds that do not wish to do the flushing themselves - or from organic herds where it is not possible to flush. we do 2-3 flushings in
heifers
and maybe ovum-pick-up to en- sure higher amount of progeny. with genomic selection, the
heifers
are as important as the bulls, as they obtain the same reliability on their ebv. vikingholstein in vikingholstein, vikinggenetics owns app. 20
heifers
at present and have 50
heifers
included in the 2016 budget. ta- ble 1 shows pedigree, index and ranking of the youngest heif- ers owned by vikinggenetics. a fine list of
heifers
with ntm from +32 to +41 that will contribute to the future genetics in vikinggenetics. vikingred at present, vikingred owns app. 75
heifers
in denmark, sweden and finland. the
heifers
have a large variety of pedi- gree for sires and dams, and are among the highest ranking sons when it comes to ntm by the relevant sires. table 2 shows examples of some of the young
heifers
owned by viking with ntm between +29 and +32. vikingjersey vikingjersey does not yet own any
heifers
. at present, we are in contact with cattle breeders and try to convince them to flush or sell their high index
heifers
. we expect to buy the first
heifers
in november and have them flushed in den- mark. vikinggenetics owns more and more
heifers
table 1. the youngest holstein
heifers
owned by vikinggenetics born country ntm ranking sire mgs 31.05.
2015
swe +41 4 balisto vh salomon 28.11.
2014
swe +32 3 vh gavin vh rabaz 04.11.
2014
fin +38 1 vh redwood törlan 28.10.
2014
swe +33 1 vh booth d limbo 05.10.
2014
dnk +36 3 fageno d obo 24.09.
2014
fin +34 1 vh scout vh grafit 11.09.
2014
swe +36 1 vh gregor d orange 08.09.
2014
fin +33 1 offie d ole table 2. the youngest vikingred
heifers
owned by vikinggenetics born country ntm ranking sire mgs 24.12.
2014
swe +30 1 vr bilbo record 17.12.
2014
fin +30 2 vr gallas vr fergus 25.03.
2015
swe +31 1 vr helix g edbo 06.01.
2015
dnk +31 2 vr porter vr fergus 15.01.
2015
fin +29 1 vr rankin vr fergus 17.01.
2015
fin +28 1 vr saarni vr tagi et 14.05.
2015
swe +29 2 vr uudin et v föske 15.06.
2015
fin +32 1 vr vimpula vr fimbe the finnish heifer la cumparsita (offie x d ole) with gntm +33 is owned by vikinggenetics and is in our barn in hollola in finland. 5 december
2015
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