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breeding programme
2015
in
2015
, we genomically tested 5,920
bull
calves
in total and bought 260 of them - or 4%. vikingjersey in
2015
, 520
bull
calves
where dna-tested. out of those, we bought 44
bull
s, which is 8% of tested
bull
calves
. in aver- age, these
bull
s have a gntm of +22,3. the 44
bull
s have 20 different sires and 20 different maternal grand sires. most common sires of son in vikingjersey in
2015
are vj hjort, vj lurik, vj hihl, vj lutz and vj lappe. vikingred during
2015
, vikinggenetics dna-tested 2,600 vikingred
bull
calves
and 99 of them were bought, which is 4% of test- ed
calves
. 73% of the
bull
calves
have a dam that is genomi- cally tested. 31% of the
calves
were from et. average gntm for the purchased
bull
calves
is +29 and they have 52 differ- ent sires and 37 different maternal grand sires. most common sires of son in vikingred in
2015
are vr wand, vr vilde, vr viro, vr babylon and vr enigma. vr wand - the most used sire of sons in vikingred in
2015
. vikingholstein during
2015
, 2,800
bull
calves
where dna-tested and 117 of those decided for purchase, which is 4% of the tested
calves
. in our barns today, we have 97
bull
s from the se- lection in
2015
. in addition to those, we have also bought 8
bull
s in germany and in usa in our cooperation with the german company nog. the 97
bull
calves
have 61 different sires and 40 different maternal grandsires, and this shows the big difference in the way we use sires of sons today, compared to the time before genomic selec- tion. 80% of the
bull
dams are genomically tested, which shows the advantage to do a genomic test of all females to get breeding value with higher accuracy. most common sires of sons in vikingholstein in
2015
are vh odense, balisto, overbay, reflector and vh gant. lorraine, (vr ultimo x g edbo) in front of the office in hollola, finland. strong et work in viking
2015
was a great year for the et work in vikinggenetics and a lot of new things happened. a new embryo flush- ing station started in skara, opu* em- bryo production started in hollola to- gether with luke (natural resources institute finland), establishing a fresh embryo network in finland (start in sweden in january 2016). we have also made contracts with two private danish farmers to start embryo production of vg heifers in denmark in january 2016. *opu= ovum pick up, taking eggs di- rectly from the ovaries. can be done on very young animals and also on preg- nant animals. by johanna aro, sire analyst vikinggenetics first opu
calves
born in finland. both were
bull
calves
and they are already waiting for their genomic test results. the embryos were produced by using two different
bull
s, vr upton and vr hagar. as soon as we get the genomic results, we also know which one is the sire. 7 february 2016 | vikingnews
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