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VikingNews UK 04 2016
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2 vikingnews | november 2016 editorial web:
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follow us on: in this issue of vikingnews, you can read an article from claes johansson, one of the dairy farmers in the viking area. he explains about the benefits of having genetics from viking in his cows when he is going organic. that is just another evidence of the advantages you get when selecting for
health
. choosing the green cows means that you can improve the
health
of your herd regarding mastitis resistance, metabolic disorders, repro- ductive disorders as well as hoof
health
. all in one, the selection for
health
gives you cows with less need to see the vet, fewer treat- ments, less medicine, and first and foremost less production loss and problems. those are key success factors no matter if you are organic or not. it is not just talk ? the mastitis frequency is going down, and that is just what you can expect from the remarkable genetic improvement for those traits. if you look at a bull like vr umbro, he breeds excellent udder
health
? his daughters have less than 5% mastitis frequency! the average for the vikingred breed is 8,3% - what is the average in your herd? there is significant money to be saved ? data from the united king- dom show that the cost for clinical mastitis is about ? 300 / case. in line with the breeding goal of
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where a profitable cow is easy to manage, the colour of the
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breeds is green ? no matter the coat colour. no 04 / november 2016 important improvements hoof
health
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traits procross nordic
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traits suitable for organic farming layout and production vahle + nikolaisen. photos alex arkink, elly geverink, elisabeth theodorsson, tiina tahvonen and employees by vg. cover photo claes johansson and his wife amanda from the farm märene in skara, sweden.
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bulls are green, no matter the colour sara wiklert petersson, head of sales,
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