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sires in f cus vr
niki
vr
niki
has two generations of high-producing cows in the family. in her best lactation, the
dam
milked 15,543 kg milk, 4.5% fat and 3.6% pro- tein. mgd has produced more than 14,000 kg milk in her best lactation. both have over 50,000 kg lifetime production. the breeders to vr
niki
are heikki and tuula kurkinen, finland. in average, the
dam
has pro- duced 10,836 kg milk, 4.2% fat and 3.6% protein in four lacta- tions. some of her daughters have flushing contracts with vikinggenetics in two genera- tions. the
dam
of vr
fenton
also has a fullsib in the herd and she is the
dam
of vr edi- son and also the
dam
to a vr porter heifer bought to vi- kingembryo program. vr
fenton
is a good pro- duction sire with very good fertility as well. daughters are slightly smaller than average with very good set of legs and rear udders. vr
niki
is a former top genomic bull. he was born in 2011 and now got his first progeny proof with more than 300 daughters in produc- tion traits. the progeny result shows that he is a real health profile sire with positive breeding values in all health traits. vr
fenton
is not a proven bull in nav (nordic cattle genetic evalua- tion) but has that status in interbull. this is due to different thresh- olds for reliability. the rank of vr
fenton
is number 2 of all rdc bulls across countries. his
dam
is an embryo from donor station vik- en in sweden bought by morten hansen, denmark. ntm +25 vr
fenton
gntm +25 vr
niki
nora prästgård x peterslund x kelli a new, good, proven bull vr
fenton
r fastrup x gunnarstorp x orraryd rank no 2 in interbull red dairy cattle evaluation aaa: cappa casein: aa beta casein: a2/a2 aaa: cappa casein: beta casein: 22 vikingnews | june 2016
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