Sire Directory 2013
JERSEY
The profitable choice Viking Jersey Cows sired by VikingGenetics bulls prepare you for an ever more competitive future, combining longevity and production like no other cows. We were the first to focus on important traits like fertility and udder health – a dedication to the farmer’s best interest that has resulted in superior long-term profitability. Viking Jerseys are on the leading edge among the world’s Jersey population for fat and protein percentages and yields. An outcross to most other Jersey populations, Viking Jerseys are internationally famous for longevity and are respected worldwide to be an efficient, healthy and durable cow with high components. Give your herd the international edge by including Viking Jersey sires. The high participation in milk recording and the unique registrations on health and fertility enables an effective selection for cows that are high yielding and in the same time breed back and stay healthy. In short, our Viking cows give you more output, less trouble and more freedom. 2
JERSEY Breed statistics No. of cows
71,422
Milk, kg
6,599
Fat, kg
391
Fat, %
5.93
Protein, kg
272
Protein, %
4.12
Fat + Protein, kg
663
NTM +26 +884 kg Milk
+45 kg Fat +41 kg Prot.
Daughter Fertility
Hoof Health Conformation
DJ Zuma
EBV 2000
DJ Zuma is sire of sons in all leading breeding programmes world wide. Positive for almost all traits. The pedigree is 60% Danish, 35% American and 5% Canadian genes. Zuma’s older brother, DJ Hibe (dead) is also used intensively as sire of sons. More than 1,500 daughters in his proof.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302730 Q Zik FYN Lemvig SKÆ Ide BB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
111 107 111 101 109 98 92
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
620
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
129 93 100 113 107 109 113
CONFORMATION TRAITS
NO. OF DTRS
223
Body 94 Feet and legs 114 Udder 110 Milking speed 85 Temperament 107 3
NTM +25 +1298 kg Milk
+94 kg Fat +66 kg Prot.
Milk Production
Components
Hoof Health
DJ Hulk
EBV 2000
DJ Hulk is the only proven son of Q Handix marketed world wide. DJ Hulk is 78% Danish, 14% American and 8% NZ. DJ Hulk is among the worlds best production sires and an improver of fat and protein percentage. More than 2000 daughters in his proof.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302595 Q Handix FYN Lemvig JAS Byg BB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
129 112 123 108 129 105 108
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
2097
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
95 107 108 102 101 109 110
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 102 Feet and legs 91 Udder 93 Milking speed 113 Temperament 98 4
NO. OF DTRS
1164
NTM +21 +890 kg Milk
+55 kg Fat +44 kg Prot.
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Udder Health
DJ Izzy
EBV 2000
DJ Izzy is an Interesting combination of leading genetics: 69% Danish, 16% American, 10% Canadian and 5% New Zealand. The overseas sires in the pedigree are Lester, Top Brass, Imperial and Ruscot Star Career.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302708 Q Impuls Q Zik Hibiscus AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
111 105 109 103 110 101 116
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
1329
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
116 106 101 111 101 108 100
CONFORMATION TRAITS
NO. OF DTRS
665
Body 100 Feet and legs 95 Udder 108 Milking speed 93 Temperament 98 5
NTM +20 +598 kg Milk
+40 kg Fat +26 kg Prot.
DJ Holmer
EBV 2000
JER 303057 Q Hirse FYN Lemvig JAS Bregne AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
103 102 101 98 106 101 105
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
144
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
107 98 106 122 107 119 94
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 101 Feet and legs 93 Udder 113 Milking speed 104 Temperament 99 6
Daughter Fertility
Udder Health
DJ Holmer is a son of the outcross sire Q Hirse (Hibiscus x Lango Haug). His dam “Espe-Holm Lemvig Julie” started the famous “J-family”, resulting in lots of younger bull mothers and bulls for breeding. DJ Holmer breeds exceptional udder health, longevity and mammary.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
Longevity
NO. OF DTRS
90
NTM +20
VJ Magnum
Daughter Fertility
Udder Health
Components
JER 303134 S DJ May MGS JAS Bregne MGGS FYN Bov
JERSEY PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
108 100 106 110 106 104 107
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
121 95 97 117 103 104 104
The first DJ May son, and out of “Adelgaard Bregne Beauty”. Beauty bred a number of excellent daughters and also the sire VJ Local (Q Lor). Bregne wasa Bush River Brigadier son. Like his sire, VJ Magnum breeds exceptional fertility & health, along with the benefits of out cross genetics.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 113 Feet and legs 82 Udder 100 Milking speed 97 Temperament 108
NTM +20
VJ Hjern
Components
Total Merit Index
Udder Health
JER 303212 S Q Hirse
JERSEY
MGS Q Handix MGGS SKÆ Ide
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 98 108 117 112 111 103
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
108 98 116 108 114 106 102
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
116 96 100 110 103
A healty alternative pedigree from the Adelgaard herd. Bulls in the pedigree has not been exported so VJ Hjern is a bull that’s very easy to use. No Q Impuls and FYN Lemvig in the pedigree – the ultimate outcross sire.
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NTM +19 +201 kg Milk
+55 kg Fat +37 kg Prot.
Udder Health
Components Conformation
DJ Lix
EBV 2000
DJ Lix is the only Q Lor son marketed world wide. He is out of “the Stensby family” as DJ Lirsk, Brumle BI, JAS Dixi, FYN Tanic and other prominent Danish sires – all well known for longevity and strong udders.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302997 Q Lor Q Zik ØDA Rix BB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
116 96 109 123 114 114 75
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
185
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
87 110 95 108 107 100 93
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 8
94 100 120 105 106
NO. OF DTRS
125
NTM +19 +313 kg Milk
+56 kg Fat +32 kg Prot.
Components
Daughter Fertility
Easy Calvings
VJ Lou
EBV 2000
DJ Lirsk is one of the world’s best Lemvig sons, combining 67% Danish, 31% US and 2% NZ genetics. From the same Stensby cow family come DJ Lix, Brumle BI, JAS Dixi and FYN Stens. DJ Lirsk is an improver of components, feet & legs, udder health and udders.
Rynkeby Impuls Stjerne 2, Dam of VJ Lou
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 303177 DJ Lirsk Q Impuls DJ Trick N/A
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
115 99 109 114 116 111 101
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
35
120
Full sister to VJ Lou
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
116 105 102 102 108 103 98
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 121 Feet and legs 108 Udder 99 Milking speed 106 Temperament 94 9
NO. OF DTRS
26
“Rynkeby Impuls Stjerne 2” is the dam of the first DJ Lirsk son to be marketed. The “Stjerne family” has been the most successful Danish cow family over the last 5 years, with lots of heifers and bull calves testing very high genomic. VikingGenetics has bought 8 sons out of the family, so far.
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NTM +18 +1493 kg Milk
+71 kg Fat +40 kg Prot.
Milk Production
Udder Health
DJ Bindy
EBV 2000
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302942 DJ Belle SKÆ Balter JAS Bregne AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
115 119 111 82 122 95 89
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
144
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
108 106 89 109 103 108 118
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 90 Feet and legs 102 Udder 97 Milking speed 82 Temperament 107 10
NO. OF DTRS
107
The DJ Belle son out of “Adelgaard Balter Britney” (daughter of the dam of VJ Magnum). Balter was a Bramin son, who again was a Top Brass. DJ Belle was a Bambro out of a FYN Tanic. Britney combines conformation and production in an ideal way.
Hoof Health
NTM +17 +611 kg Milk
+41 kg Fat +40 kg Prot.
Udder Health
Components Conformation
DJ Broiler
EBV 2000
DJ Broiler is the only JAS Bungy son (SKAE Ide x JAS Byg) marketed world wide. DJ Broiler is bred by “The Haugstedgaard herd” – the breeder of world famous FYN Haug. DJ Broiler is 66% Danish, 28% American and 6 % Canadian.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302835 JAS Bungy FYN Lemvig JAS Hot BB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
111 102 110 110 107 102 94
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
97
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
99 98 90 110 106 109 103
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
NO. OF DTRS
72
101 106 111 98 113 11
NTM +17
VJ Hamsum
Hoof Health
Udder Health
Components
JER 303122 S Q Hirse MGS Bambro BH MGGS Hibiscus
JERSEY PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
121 108 115 107 123 106 93
90
100
110
120
130
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
85 91 120 109 108 107 119
Hamsum is a Q Hirse son out of the famous “Kloverdal Bambro Bellis”. Bellis ended 6 lactations with an average production at 8,330kg milk with 6.8% fat and 4.4% protein. VJ Hamsum is a Q Hirse son with high production, with a few American genes (Molly Brook Brass Major) and a lot of Danish out cross.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 100 Feet and legs 102 Udder 89 Milking speed 92 Temperament 91
NTM +13
VJ Buster
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
Total Merit Index
JER 303145 S DJ Beo MGS Q Impuls MGGS FYN Lemvig
JERSEY PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
112 106 109 101 112 102 83
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
100 107 114 101 108 102 98
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 12
108 95 100 111 106
Buster is out of “the Steensgaard herd”, the second eldest herd in Denmark, established in 1903. Sire is DJ Beo, a JAS Bel-US son. JAS Bel-US was imported as an embryo, and he is a Berretta out of “Molly Brook Fascinator Flower”. More than half of the genes are American.
NTM +16 +1425 kg Milk
+51 kg Fat +45 kg Prot.
Daughter Fertility
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
DJ Jante
EBV 2000
DJ Jante is born in the “Erslev herd”, as the two other proven sires Q Laf and ØDA Ilslev. There are app. 1,000 daughters in his proof. Gene distribution is 69% American, 28% Danish and 3% Canadian. DJ Jante was “bull of the Year” in 2011, due to high fertility and functionality.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302761 M Jace ØDA Rix FYN Lemvig AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
112 118 115 88 112 90 95
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
366
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
119 108 117 105 95 108 80
CONFORMATION TRAITS
NO. OF DTRS
162
Body 119 Feet and legs 98 Udder 97 Milking speed 82 Temperament 92 13
NTM +12 +799 kg Milk
+33 kg Fat +23 kg Prot.
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Conformation
DJ May
EBV 2000
DJ May breeds show winners! Type and mammary are exceptional on the fertile, healthy and long living daughters. More than 3,000 milking daughters are affecting his proof in VikingGenetics. Due to his international popularity, DJ May was the best selling (export) VG Jersey bull in 2011.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302229 Q Mirage FYN Lemvig FYN Tanic AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
101 106 101 89 104 96 107
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
6067
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
115 97 97 104 103 107 82
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 14
117 88 123 104 130
NO. OF DTRS
4018
NTM +9 +333 kg Milk
+39 kg Fat +30 kg Prot.
Longevity
Components Conformation
DJ Lirsk
EBV 2000
DJ Lirsk is one of the world’s best Lemvig sons, combining 67% Danish, 31% American and 2% NZ genetics. DJ Lirsk is from “The Stensby herd”, as DJ Lix, Brumle BI, JAS Dixi and FYN Tanic. 6500 daughters are milking in Denmark.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302098 FYN Lemvig ØDA Heino FYN Tanic BB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
106 97 104 111 105 107 94
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
9583
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
104 98 92 102 113 107 92
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
NO. OF DTRS
5895
103 109 108 103 91 15
NTM +7 +1085 kg Milk
+48 kg Fat +53 kg Prot.
Longevity
Milk Production
Conformation
Q Impuls
EBV 2000
Q Impuls was the outcross that the whole Jersey world was waiting for. 69% Danish, 19% Canadian, 6% NZ and 6% US genes. More than 40,000 milking daughters internationally are showing why Q Impuls are so popular as production bull and as sire of sons as well.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 301592 SKÆ Ide JAS Byg FYN Haug AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
116 111 117 104 110 95 97
NO. OF DTRS 14243 90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility 99 Calvings, Sire 93 Calvings, maternal 102 Udder health 90 Other diseases 116 Longevity 103 Hoof health 94
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 115 Feet and legs 103 Udder 99 Milking speed 85 Temperament 104 16
NO. OF DTRS
8229
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PRODUCTION
DJ Zuma DJ Hulk DJ Izzy DJ Holmer VJ Magnum DJ Lix VJ Lou DJ Bindy VJ Izmir VJ Hamsun
26 25 21 20 20 19 19 18 18 17
CALVINGS SIRE DJ Lix DJ Jante VJ Buster DJ Hulk VJ Izmir DJ Izzy DJ Bindy VJ Lou VJ Husky VJ Halifax
129 121 116 116 115 115 115 113 112 112
UDDER HEALTH 110 108 107 107 106 106 106 105 104 102
LONGEVITY DJ Holmer VJ Izmir VJ Hilario DJ Zuma DJ Hulk DJ Broiler VJ Halifax DJ Bindy DJ Izzy DJ Jante
DJ Hulk VJ Hamsum Q Impuls DJ Lix DJ Bindy VJ Husky VJ Lou VJ Hjern DJ Jante VJ Buster
DAUGHTER FERTILITY
DJ Holmer VJ Magnum DJ Zuma DJ Izzy VJ Lock DJ Broiler VJ Hilario DJ Bindy VJ Hamsum DJ Lix
DJ May DJ Lix DJ Holmer DJ Broiler DJ Zuma DJ Izzy VJ Izmir VJ Hilario VJ Husky VJ Halifax
122 117 113 111 111 110 110 109 109 108
VJ Hamsum DJ Bindy DJ Zuma DJ Hulk VJ Magnum DJ Broiler VJ Lock DJ Izzy VJ Lou Q Impuls
123 120 113 111 110 108 106 104 104 102
DJ Zuma VJ Lock VJ Lou DJ Broiler VJ Hilario VJ Halifax VJ Izmir Q Impuls DJ Bindy VJ Hamsum
By using VikingGenetics X-Vik you obtain the following benefits: • Estimated 90 % females • Excellent fertility results
• Easy calvings • Higher profit
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119 118 113 110 104 103 101 100 98 94
FEET & LEGS
Use sexed semen by VikingGenetics! • Many heifers to sell or replace cows and increase your herd
129 121 119 118 116 116 115 111 108 108
HOOF HEALTH
UDDERS 119 111 110 109 109 109 108 108 108 108
DJ Zuma VJ Magnum DJ Jante VJ Izmir DJ Izzy VJ Lou DJ May VJ Halifax DJ Bindy VJ Hjern
114 112 108 106 104 104 103 103 102 102
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NTM +18
VJ Izmir
Longevity
Udder Health
Daughter Fertility
JER 303466 S DJ Izzy
JERSEY
MGS DJ Lirsk MGGS Q Zik
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
108 101 107 106 106 105 111
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
118 106 96 108 104 111 -
VJ Izmir is an out cross genomic young sire at a very high level. The first DJ Izzy son to be used and out of “Hougaard Lirsk Rose”, from “the Hougaard herd”. As DJ Izzy and DJ Lirsk have not been used heavily, VJ Izmir will be easy to use, with his 70% Viking genes.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 99 Feet and legs 103 Udder 106 Milking speed 97 Temperament 96
NTM +17
VJ Halifax
Daughter Fertility
Easy Calvings
Longevity
JER 303493 S DJ Hulk MGS DJ Imtoto MGGS FYN Lemvig
JERSEY PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
111 107 108 101 112 105 103
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
111 102 108 105 104 108 -
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 20
103 104 102 105 99
VJ Halifax is currently the highest ranking genomic bull in the VikingGenetics line up. Positive for all traits and used as sires of sons. VJ Halifax was bred in “the Ulvsbjerggaard herd”. Dam is “Ulvsbjerggaard Imtoto Marianne”, daughter of one of the best Q Impuls sons sampled in VikingGenetics, DJ Imtoto.
NTM +16
VJ Husky
Longevity
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
JER 303402 S DJ Hulk
JERSEY
MGS DJ May MGGS Q Impuls
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
115 110 113 103 114 104 108
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
97 104 109 104 102 106 -
VJ Husky combines all the positive traits from the 3 legends in his pedigree, DJ Hulk (production), DJ May (mammary) and Q Impuls (type and production). VJ Husky is bred by the young enthusiastic breeder Brian Skovgaard, from “the Ronholm herd”. VJ Husky is out of the beautiful “”Ronholm May Dodo”.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
113 93 104 104 112
NTM +14
VJ Hilario
Longevity
Udder Health
Conformation
JER 303406 S Q Hirse MGS Q Impuls MGGS FYN Lemvig
JERSEY PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
108 109 110 101 105 96 89
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
100 96 111 110 110 110 -
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
111 104 104 94 105
VJ Hilario breeds health, fertility and longevity, along with good production and functional type. VJ Hilario is out of a sister to DJ Holmer, “Espe-Holm Impuls Joan” and a brother to VJ Huls, VJ Triumf and VJ Tulsa. The sire of VJ Hilario is the out cross bull Q Hirse, who was only used in Denmark.
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Understand the benefit from high NTM – increased profit! Weight of main traits in NTM.
1. What is NTM? NTM (Nordic Total Merit) is the most complete total merit index in the world. NTM consists of more than 40 subtraits combined into 12 main traits as shown in the right figure. When you use NTM as selection criteria, you obtain positive progress for all traits of economic importance in the dairy cattle industry. You obtain the highest progress from the “most expensive traits� such as fat and protein yield and health traits as shown in the figure to he right. Longevity index and production index have the highest correlation of all traits to the NTM, showing that the NTM is optimized to produce long living and high producing cows.
2. How are the indexes in NTM expressed? EBVs of all animals are adjusted in such a way that animals in the base population have an average index of 100. For all traits a rolling base consisting of cows from Denmark and Sweden that are 3-5 years of age at the date of publication is applied. The Standard Deviation is a statistic that tells you how widely spread from the average the scores of all bulls are for any particular trait.
34.1%
The bell curve shows what each standard deviation represents. One standard deviation away from the mean in either direction (the purple area) accounts for about 68 % of the bulls.
34.1%
13.6% 13.6%
0.1% 2.1%
70
2.1%
80
90
100
110
3. The value of NTM units
120
0.1%
130
The value of +10 NTM units for the sire is the same as 100 Euro added value for the heifer under Scandinavian conditions. The value of +10 units for production traits
Milk index
+ 164 kg milk
Fat index
+ 8 kg fat
Fat percentage
+ 0.13 %
Protein index
+ 6 kg protein
Protein percentage
+ 0.08 %
Growth
+ 1 g/day. Higher weight gain of bull calves
Calculation of production index
- 0.3 x Milk + 0.5 x Fat + 0.8 x Protein
The value of +10 units for functional traits
Daughter fertility
Days open reduced by 5.6 days and 0.06 less services per pregnancy
Calvings, Sire (Maiden heifers)
Reduction in difficult calvings with 1 % and 1.2 % less stillborn calves
Calvings, Maternal (Maiden heifers)
Reduction in difficult calvings with 2.5 % and 2.4 % less stillborn calves
Udder health
3 % units less mastitis treatments in first lactation. 4 % units less mastitis treatments in second and third lactation
Other diseases
0.5 % units less treatments for reproduction diseases, metabolic disorders and diseases in hooves, feet and legs in first and second lactation. 2.2% units less treatments for the same diseases in third lactation
Milking speed
9.5 g fat + protein more per minute, robots and farmer observation
Longevity
35 days longer productive life
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How to read VikingGenetics breeding values See left page.
2 Production Production Index: Based on amount of protein, fat and milk. There is a slight negative weighting applied to the milk quantity, in order to maintain concentration. Growth: Based on data from slaughtered male progeny. Includes growth and carcass classification.
3 Health
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1 NTM +26 EBV 2000
+884 kg Milk
+45 kg Fat +41 kg Prot.
Daughter Fertility
Hoof Health Conformation
DJ Zuma
1 NTM
Daughter fertility: Fertility data from heifers, first, second and third calvers. Includes number of inseminations, interval from calving to 1st insemination, interval between first and last insemination, Non-return rate. Calving index, sire: Based on calving difficulties and number of stillborn calves from first calvers as well as later lactations. Calving index, maternal: Expresses the ability of the bull’s daughters to give birth to a living calf at their first calving. Udder health: Based on mastitis diagnoses, compulsory reported by vets and from the milk recording scheme, cell-count data and reported cullings due to mastitis. In addition conformation traits like udder depth is used to further increase the accuracy of the index. Other diseases: Based on diseases other than mastitis, compulsory reported by vets and culling reports from the milk recording scheme. The diseases are divided in to four different subindexes – early and late fertility disorder, feet and leg problems and metabolic diseases – these four sub-indexes are then weight together to the complete index for other diseases. Longevity: Productive life, days from 1st calving, max 365 d/lactation. Information from the first five lactations.
JERSEY S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
JER 302730 Q Zik FYN Lemvig SKÆ Ide BB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
111 107 111 101 109 98 92
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
129 93 100 113 107 109 113
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 94 Feet and legs 114 Udder 110 Milking speed 85 Temperament 107
90
2
100
NO. OF DTRS 110
620
120
3 4
NO. OF DTRS
223
5 Main characteristics Symbols showing the main characteristics of the bull.
Hoof health: Based on lesion scoring reported by hoof trimmers. Includes both infectious and laminitis related lesions with highest weight put on sole ulcer.
4 Conformation
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Total Merit Index
Components
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
Udder Health
Conformation
A comprehensive classification of body, legs and udder. Based on a linear description of conformation traits. Legs: A comprehensive evaluation of the legs. Udder: A comprehensive evaluation of the udder. Temperament: Based on farmer’s observations. Milking Speed: Based on farmer’s observations.
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