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VikingNews UK 03 2016
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trusting
embryos
from the very beginning along the years, they have purchased a high number of frozen embryos and many heifers
have been sold to the nu- cleus herd
for flushing. now they take part in the ld project, where they take out genomic test of all heifers in their herd, and they take part in the new fresh embryo network. ?we were among the first to join the fresh embryo network. our pregnancy rates were good, and we got 12 heifer calves in to start with, which of course inspired us to continue with embryos?, taisto says. agreeing with that argu- ment is easy. the 60-head herd is excel- lent, and includes twelve high-index fe- males. the daily plan bull and sire of sons a while ago, vr vauhti, is a prod- uct from this herd, with embryos bought and heifers sold during the pro- cess. the other bull sold from this herd is vr valu. genomic testing started with vg of- fering to test some promising animals. the vr valu?s dam, etti born in 2009, is now the oldest genomically tested fe- male. the herd joined the ld-project when it was first launched. ?we started trusting the test results at once because we saw that the reality was what the test showed?, kirsti states. there are long, interesting embryo stories to be told about the herd, but by now, two other heifers have been sold to vikinggenetics nucleus herd, sired by vr enox and vr visio. ?we are taking the two heifers back home after the flushings; they are so interest- ing by pedigree, ?kirsti comments. ?but, why not let more farmers profit from them by buying embryos first!??, taisto concludes. by ritva hilpelä-lallukka, sire analyst, vikingred the farmer couple taisto and kirsti hurvi, in finland, have never fought against development. on the contrary, they have always used all possibilities to improve their herd. what else can you think when you know that they already 20 years ago started to buy fresh embryos from asmo nucleus herd. taisto and kirsti hurvi together with jänönsara, one of the vg flushfee contract females waiting for her calving in the dry cow barn. 14 vikingnews | september 2016
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