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viking
red
offers free genomic test for international females by auli himanen, breeding
manager vikingred
the vikingred breeding committee, that is in charge of the vr breeding programme, is coordinating an ambitious plan to increase reliability and make the largest red breed more competitive by offering free genomic testing of females around the world. a t the beginning of 2019, the vikingred breeding commit- tee took an important step to assure profitability for farmers using red dairy cattle, especially viking- red. they decided to make an offer for free genomic testing of interna- tional females. the offer was sent to all member organisations of the inter- national red dairy breed federation, european red dairy breeds and world ayrshire federation. the aim is to bring red popula- tions around the world together and enable them to profit from the large reference population nav (nordic evaluation centre) has for red breeds containing more than 9,000 progeny 22 vikingnews | may 2019
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