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strategic alliances to strengthen viking
jersey
fewer bull calves in future viking
jersey
is expanding its breeding programme through cooperation agreements with strong partners in the united kingdom, norway and france. c loser cooperation between ma- jor
jersey
populations in europe will strengthen the viking
jersey
breeding programme, for the benefit of breeders that support and follow the breeding goal reflected in the nordic total merit (ntm) which focuses on bal- ancing health, fertility and production. over the last year, three important agreements have been signed with relevant
jersey
associations and the breeding procedures to get the most beneficial results have started in the populations concerned. the main goals: - increasing genetic progress for the
jersey
breed - identifying more potential breeding animals - increasing the pedigree diversity - lowering inbreeding levels - creating more interest in breeding among members of the
jersey
as - sociations concerned. the new breeding agreements have been initiated with the following associations: uk
jersey
s ? has the second largest
jersey
popula - tion in europe and very interesting ped- igree combinations in the population. ? all breeding programme procedures will be as in vikinggenetics countries. ? starting to screen and test the
best
animals in october 2019. norwegian
jersey
? has a long tradition of using danish
jersey
/viking
jersey
bulls
. ? all breeding programme procedures will be as in vikinggenetics countries. ? breeding value estimates will be done in the nordic evaluation system (nav). ? herds are using the vikmate breed - ing programme. evolution (french
jersey
s) ? cooperation started in june 2018, with all breeding programme proce- dures as in vikinggenetics countries. ? classification with danish software. m ore than 60% of the
jersey
semen used in vikinggenetics countries is sexed, - and the ratio of sexed semen is increasing rapidly. the main reasons are to increase genetic gain, when combining genomic test and using sexed semen on the
best
30% of females, and to avoid unwanted pure-bred
jersey
bull calves. added to which, organic dairy farmers are no longer permitted to cull new born
jersey
bull calves and from 1 january 2022, there will be a total ban on culling. there is also growing interest in using beef semen with lowest ranking
jersey
international top rankings vj gislev #1 among pure bred daughter proven
bulls
for jpi ? 8 out of 10
best
bulls
for fertility ? 8 out of 10
best
bulls
for percentages ? 7 out of 10
best
bulls
for somatic cells vj link #1 among daughter proven
bulls
for pli vj hays #1 among genomic
bulls
gpli ? 7 out of 10
best
bulls
for pli ? 8 out of 10
best
bulls
for fertility and cell count vj garant #1 for sainet ? 4 out of 10
best
bulls
for sainet ? 10 out of 10
best
bulls
for cheese merit ? 5 out of 10
best
bulls
for functional udder usa uk south africa viking
jersey
bulls
are doing extremely well worldwide. here is an update of their outstanding performance: females. this figure is 12.5% today and is expected to increase to 50% or more for the poorest genetics in herds. interest in using y-vik, sexed beef semen for bull calves, is also increasing, and several trials and studies are being done to identify the
best
beef breeds to combine with
jersey
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