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our strategy to tackle this challenge resulted in an intensive project involving 2,500
cows
from 10 herds. herd sizes ranged from 100 to 500
cows
. the
cows
were classified into five different categories: 1. cystic
cows
, 2. problem
cows
, 3. non-cy- cling
cows
, 4. do not ai (or ?cured
cows
? in need of veterinary assistance) and 5. ai ready (or
cows
open for artificial insemination.) two different approaches to fertility service were investigated: traditional and proactive. the traditional approach concerns a rectal ex- amination of non-cycling
cows
at the start of the joining season, while the proactive ap- proach consists of two rectal examinations of all
cows
in the herd before the start of the join- ing season. the proactive approach resulted in more
cows
ready for artificial insemination (30% of
cows
classified as ?cured
cows
?). the results achieved by checking problem
cows
followed by the recommended treatment can enhance the six-week in-calf rate to ai dra- matically: a 44% increase relative to the tradi- tional approach. in conclusion: calves pregnant with ai sires show 75% with a proactive and 52% for a tradi- tional approach. an important economic advan- tage ?the daughters of holstein ai-bulls would be 200 australian dollars more profitable per cow and year than daughters of herd bulls,? nor- gren says. the outstanding results of the project led to a structured strategy: fertility first, now availa- ble for farmers in australia. ?we are eager to start with fertility plus with our expert angela wilson, who has been working in cattle breed- ing for more than 20 years and who completed a special training course in denmark earlier this year,?, norgren says. new version of
vikmate
optimise your matings based on your customized
breeding
goals. at vikinggenetics, we think it is important to contribute to enhancing the quality of life of our customers around the world by providing reliable and innovative technolo- gy. by integrating vikrank and
vikmate
, the new version of
vikmate
is now able to offer you a tool where you can select the traits you want for your next generation of
cows
and, at the same time, find the right bulls to achieve your
breeding
goal, all in the same platform. this is how the new platform works: ? in vikrank, you can select your own
breeding
goal by adjusting the weightings of the individual traits on the sliding bars on the right-hand side of the screen. ? when you have set your preferences, you can save your customised
breeding
goal in vikrank. ? from vikrank, your
breeding
goal can be easily up- loaded to
vikmate
. ? once in
vikmate
, this tool optimises the search for the best bulls to suit your personal
breeding
goals. the new version of
vikmate
is very user friendly and more accessible. you only need one ?log in? to access it and
vikmate
has also been updated with other func- tions, such as direct ordering of genomic tests by email. to find out more about the new
vikmate
version, please contact your local vikinggenetics distributor at www.vikinggenetics.com/contact-us/buy-semen 25 may 2018 | vikingnews tm angela wilson, expert fertility first at vikinggenetics australia.
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