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VikingNews UK 01 2017
8 / 28
8 vikingnews | march 2017 dr. les hansen from the
university
of minnesota led the
group
of specialists. hansen is responsible for the studies that resulted in the procross concept, the only scientifi- cally proven cross
breeding
system in the world. the
group
learned by first-hand about vikinggenetics?
breeding
program and had the opportunity to visit farms and talk with dairymen in sweden. they admired the way the dairyman works with feeding the registration sys- tem, which makes it unique. scientists from the us impressed with vg?s genetic progress by verónica löfgren, vikinggenetics vikinggenetics had a visit of a
group
of 20 researchers, specialists, and professor in dairy management systems, genetics and cattle
breeding
from prestigious universities in the united states (us). they admired the genetic progress vg has achieved to breed for a profitable cow with the focus on health, and recognized the benefits vg?s
breeding
program and procross system can bring to the dairyman in the us. ?in all these health and fertility traits, the data from the nordic countries is of higher quality, how carefully it is recorded: the accuracy of the pedigree and the sophisti- cation of the recording systems are what we consider unique,? hansen states. he adds that the us has the potential to make a gener- al registration system, but there is no willingness from the industry to work in this line. ?we don?t have the empha- sis in the quality recording and centralization of the data. exclusive visit. a
group
of 20 specialists in genetics, cattle
breeding
and dairy management came to vikinggenetics to learn more about our
breeding
program. there were representatives of the
university
of minnesota,
university
of wiscon- sin, north carolina state
university
, penn state
university
,
university
of florida, iowa state
university
and cornell
university
in new york.
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