bulls-genetic-defects-16.html
VikingNews UK 02 2016
17 / 24
the danish farm smaakjærgård owns something very special vh grafit
cow
no. 3170 from smaak- jærgård, is without any doubt the most successful
cow
in the whole vikinghol- stein population. she has a strong pedi- gree with a dam by rakuuna, which to- day has ntm +8. after that, we find
bulls
like d olly (o-man) and lord lily. today
cow
no. 3170 has ntm +30. in september 2013, she gave birth to her first and only calf. her production was quite impressive for a holstein
cow
with 5% fat and more than 4% protein. conformation was 88 points. the reason for her success is in the way she produces top
bulls
. vh benze- ma (balisto) and vh gofeet (mardi gras) at ntm +39 and +41, respective- ly, and she also has a rodger-son and a full brother to vh gofeet, born a little later, ready to enter the barns at viking- genetics. these four
bulls
have been found out of eight tested
bulls
from that
cow
so far. a success rate of 50% that others can only dream about. she has been flushed seven times and has produced more than 40 embry- os, so in that perspective she is just an ordinary flushing
cow
. last time she was flushed with louispprc (nine em- bryos), so there is a hope for also polled top genetics from her. vh benzema and vh gofeet can be found on the daily plan as well as sire of son list and both of them has a really attractive profile without any big mis- takes. vh gofeet (mardi gras x vh grafit) with gntm +41 some of you may remember an article in vikingnews two years ago with the headline; ?genomic tests give a better overview of your
herd
?. per laursen at tøndering, denmark, explained how he looked at genomic tests of females and how he very successfully found many new heifers to flush. in the article per says; ?the dream is to have a bull on the active list?. now, that dream has come true! ever since then they have done flush- ings on many different
cow
s, but one fe- male has been in focus, the vh osmus daughter no. 2711, that has been flushed three times and produced 37 embryos in total and so far 10 born calves. the last flushings in january this year with vh storm, vh sherman and vh geller she produced 17 nice embryos. it is also from this vh osmus
cow
, that still has ntm +29, that we find the first bull on the active list from the
herd
: vh chacca (vh clement) with ntm +36 and a fan- tastic profile with high components, good health profile and good fertility, nice udders and not too big ? a modern holstein profile, and this will probably be a bull that will be used on both home market as well as the rest of the world. already now, there are many good
bulls
on their way from the
herd
. viking- genetics has just bought a vh lot bull on a vh rubak x vh service heifer that also comes from a flushing. there are two born calves from that flushing, genomically tested
bulls
with different sires, vh cedar and vh lot. this shows that by using two different
bulls
on the insemination for the flush, can give you a big advantage! the many et-heifers that are born in the
herd
of course help increasing the genetic level on the
herd
. today there are more than 12 females with more than +30 in ntm, where most of the offspring are from the vh osmus daughter 2711 or from the vh rubak x vh service
cow
, two families where vg has bought
bulls
. today per is in the ld project, where all females in the
herd
are being tested and he is using the ear plier where you take the dna at the same time as you put an ear tag in the calf. the dream of having a bull on the daily plan has come true and probably there will be a few more in the future. breeding is going in the top gear in per?s
herd
. by claus langdahl, vikingholstein breed coordinator, vikinggenetics facts ? per laursen ? dairy producer, salling, denmark ? 100 holstein
cow
s ? production: 12,000 kg ecm ? breeding strategy: focus on ntm and health and profitable
cow
s a dream is coming true 17 june 2016 | vikingnews
ntm-tpi-health-18.html