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colanta
coop to improve quality of
milk
making
vikinggenetics
? bulls their natural choice
colanta
began its breeding program in 1980. currently,
colanta
is the third biggest cattle genetics company in co- lombia and provides artificial insemi- nation services, embryo transfer, and molecular diagnosis, among others. since 2000,
colanta
radically changed its breeding objectives due to the low performance of the cheese. they wanted to make the transition from
milk
producers to dairy producers. at that time they used predominantly bulls from around the vikingworld united states (us), but the percent- age of protein was not satisfactory. facing this challenge, they started to work more often with vikingge- netics and that is something they want to continue with to increase the quality of
milk
even more. after a visit to
vikinggenetics
in denmark and herd visits in den- mark and sweden in june 2016, the ai- program coordinator of
colanta
, juan fernando vásquez cano, states that they definitely want to increase its business by working more closely with
vikinggenetics
. ?we have had increases in
milk
protein level and today we reach a modest level of protein at 3.2%. this contrasts with the viking- holstein cows in sweden and den- mark that have 3.6-3.8% and there are cows with more than 4.5% pro- tein and over 8,000 kilos of
milk
per lactation. we definitely have a lot of work to be done?, vázquez cano summarizes. vázquez was also impressed by the dedication and focus that viking genetics, the dairy farmers and authorities give to the health level in the herd. ?we admire the attention and concern of the government and dairy farmers regarding the cow?s health. we are impressed of the so- matic cell counts and genetic selec- tion for udder health, in which vi- kinggenetics is pioneer, as well as the strict registration protocols of the hoof trimmers,? he states. he also emphasizes the impor- tant role the control in the use of drugs as well as the focus in health played to declare the nordic coun- tries free from diseases that still concern the colombian farmers, such as the bovine virus diarrhea (bvd) and the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (ibr). ?we still have a lot work to do in this?, he says. » we are impressed of the somatic cell counts and the genetic selection for udder health, in which
vikinggenetics
is pioneer, as well as the strict registration protocols of the hoof trimmers juan vázquez, ai-program coordinator of
colanta
, during his visit to danish and swedish herds in june. by verónica lófgren,
vikinggenetics
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