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nordic countries are unique when it comes to
health
traits: veterinarians must report all treatments they do on a cow, e.g. clinical mastitis. the index mastitis resistance consists of: ? clinical mastitis 1 st to 3 rd lactation ? scc 1 st to 3 rd lactation ? fore udder attachment and udder depth high ntm ? less clinical mastitis table 1. a swedish fi eld study made in 2013 from 300 000 females born in 2007-2009 showing % clinical mastitis depending on ntm-level. it clearly shows the higher the ntm the lower the incidence of clinical mastitis. viking- genetics nether- lands ger- many france usa canada production index 120 120 119 116 116 114 daughter fertility index 108 104 103
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102 101 the index daughter fertility describes the genetic ability of the bull?s daughters to start or resume breeding after calving, to show oestrus and to conceive at inseminations. data comes from insemination records on heifers and cows from fi rst three lactations. ? numbers of inseminations (heifers and cows) ? interval from calving to fi rst insemination (cows) ? interval from fi rst to last inseminations (heifers and cows) ? heat strength viking countries, best in class! table 1. comparison top 100 holstein bulls in different countries for production index and daughter fertility. data from interbull dec 2014. daughter fertility mastitis resistance vikingred ntm -10 or less ntm -10 to +10 ntm +10 or more 1 st lactation 10.0 % 5.4 % 2.3 % 2 nd lactation 11.6 % 7.2 % 4.3 % vikingholstein 1 st lactation 12.5 % 6.8 % 2.9 % 2 nd lactation 16.4 % 10.6 % 6.1 % * +10 (
110
) index units means 1.5% less treatments in 1 st lactation and 2.5% less treatments in 2 nd lactation! * +10 (
110
) index units means -6.6 days open and -0.08 less services per pregnancy! udder
health
- dfs - bulls genetic trend for udder
health
showing a nice positive direction. data from vikingholstein. fertility - dfs - bulls genetic trend for daughter fertility showing a strong positive direction. data from vikingholstein. 1990 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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100 95 90 85 80 1990 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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100 95 90 85 80
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traits
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107 101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
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120 130
health
traits
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107 101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
110
107 101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
105
110
101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
105
107
110
102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
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107 101
110
daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
110
105
102
105
107 101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
110
110
105
107 101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
110
107 101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
105
110
101 102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
105
107
110
102 daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130
health
traits
105
105
102
105
107 101
110
daughter fertility calvings, sire calvings, daughters mastitis resistance metabolic & other diseases longevity hoof
health
70 80 90 100
110
120 130 * * 8
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