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VikingNews UK 01 2016
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albini has its family dairy close to milan, just 30 km west of the city. the farm is managed by his father and his brother, while fiorenzo himself offers part-time work and the rest is dedicated to promotion of viking and procross towards other farmers in his area. f or this reason, he was really interested when rakuuna came in the sire directory: medium sized cows, with good production, good legs and udders and a really in- triguing functional traits pattern. definitely, the kind of bull he was looking for. highest producing cow in the herd is rakuuna today at fiorenzo?s farm, they milk
eight rakuuna daughters; four are in third lactation, three are in their second and one is a first calver. the me (mature equivalent) of all eight cows is 11,978 milk kg with 472 fat kg and 380 protein kg. the aver- age days open are set 111, including all pregnancies of all lac- tations, so based on 19 records in total. last official milk test was on january 27th and the rakunna?s had an average of 36,5 milk kg, being on average at 188 days after calving. the highest producing cow in the whole herd is a rakuuna in her third lactation, milking 50.4 kg and being in production 231 days after last calving. this cow has a me of 14,553 milk kg. helathy cows - higher production ?some could be impressed by those records by daughters of a bull that was not known for having a high milk index?, clau- dio says. but please consider to things: a) selecting for healthy cows will bring high production in general. the cow that stays healthy, can better express her milk potential. b) viking has the highest milk average all over europe, i.e. bulls with moderate milk index will give better results than expected, because their index is calculated on a high producing reference basis since fiorenzo is also well into the procross, it is interest- ing to notice a first lactation procross cow redon x orraryd (x holstein) with a me of 12,145 milk kg, 558 fat kg and 390 protein kg. she is +26.7% over the herd average for produc- tion, and only 53 days after calving she was already pregnant. no surprise at all. fiorenzo albini with three of his eight rakuuna daughters by claudio mariani, genesi project, vikinggenetics? distributor in italy 16 vikingnews | february 2016
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