Grassland Proof Information Autumn 2017
EBI
is an across base single figure profit index, devised for the Irish grassland system, suited for milk contracts with high weights of Fat and Protein %. The EBI score is expressed in currency as to how much more the sire in question would improve margins compared to the average. It is broken down into a number of sub indexes. All sub indexes are calculated as a financial value and a higher, positive value is deemed more desirable.
IRISH EBI SUMMARY Below Average
-2
Milk Sub Index
Looks for heavy weighting of Protein and Fat compared to milk yield, aligning itself to component contracts.
Fertility Sub Index
Takes into account calving interval and survival.
Calving Sub Index
Takes into account calving ease, gestation length and calf mortality.
AUGUST 2016
-1
Above
0Average
+1 Rel. % +2
Euro
EBI
304
49
Milk
70
59
Fertility
205
47
Beef Sub Index
Calving
29
53
Looks at carcass size, weight and conformation.
Beef
-3
43
Health
Health
-8
43
Maintenance
10
30
Genus ABS abide by the AHDB Dairy and Holstein UK established Code of Advertising.
Looks at lameness, SCC and mastitis.
Maintenance
Takes into account the size of the cow.
IRISH EBI SUMMARY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
MILK
SHORT NAME
EBI
(SUB INDEX)
ANDY
€247
CATAPULT
FERTILITY CALVING
HEALTH
IRISH EBI PRODUCTION & FERTILITY CALVING SURVIVAL GEST INT (%) (DAYS) (DAYS)
MAINTENANCE (SUB INDEX)
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
€3
€1
-45
5
0.11
3
0.09
-8.73
4.67
€48
€5
€7
-267
2
0.22
0
0.16
-9.47
€130
€45
€2
€10
77
6
0.05
5
0.05
(SUB INDEX)
(SUB INDEX)
€31
€165
€57
€252
€24
€178
CONOR
€206
€35
(SUB INDEX)
ICBF BETA CASEIN
TR
-5.01
NA
NA
5.01
-4.14
NA
NA
-8.87
1.68
-4.28
A2/A2
NA
MEADHILL ANDY
NA
BALLYMADDOCK CATAPULT
HO3458
CURRA ROYAL CONOR
HO4031
BALLYMADDOCK DIAMOND
DIAMOND
€178
€43
€109
€24
€2
€0
-23
5
0.1
5
0.12
-5.68
3.22
-1.52
A2/A2
NA
CURRA HIGH KING
HIGH KING
€238
€83
€99
€53
-€1
€8
-61
14
0.29
9
0.20
-5.72
2.33
-5.01
NA
NA
HO4662
CURRA LIGHTNING
LIGHTNING
€227
€40
€151
€45
-€3
€12
-97
10
0.25
3
0.12
-8.53
3.78
-3.92
A1/A1
HO4658
HAGGARD MARCO
MARCO
€189
€43
€114
€54
€0
€5
5
6
0.1
6
0.1
-6.72
2.56
-5.01
A1/A2
HO2862
CURRA PLUTO
PLUTO
€189
€62
€111
€25
-€2
€17
-52
7
0.16
8
0.17
-8.87
0.07
-1.95
A2/A2
HO4244
CHERRYHILL SEACHT
SEACHT
€198
€44
€125
€39
-€6
€8
-61.48
4
0.1
5
0.13
-6.77
3.40
-3.32
A1/A2
HO3455
CURRA ROYAL STEVIE
STEVIE
€199
€46
€110
€44
€7
€17
-160.52
8
0.25
3
0.16
-6.21
2.70
-4.38
A2/A2
HO2487
CURRA TUNDER STRUCK
TUNDER STRUCK
€176
€53
€82
€55
€7
€3
150
6
0
9
0.05
-5.43
1.20
-4.87
A2/A2
EBI - IRISH HOLSTEIN
Irish Holstein
EBI - HOLSTEIN
Holstein IRISH EBI SUMMARY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
HO4930
RELOUGH DIRECTIVE
HO4640
ABS MAYDAY
MILK
SHORT NAME
EBI
(SUB INDEX)
DIRECTIVE
€225
MAYDAY
€179
FERTILITY CALVING (SUB INDEX)
(SUB INDEX)
€73
€111
€48
€88
€46
€47
IRISH EBI PRODUCTION & FERTILITY
HEALTH
PROTEIN PROTEIN % KG
CALVING SURVIVAL GEST INT (%) (DAYS) (DAYS)
MAINTENANCE (SUB INDEX)
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
€9
-€13
-481
15
-0.07
15
-0.01
-4.17
4.92
€15
-€15
431
17
0
16
0.03
-0.52
3.27
(SUB INDEX)
ICBF BETA CASEIN
TR
-4.17
A1/A2
-4.81
A1/A1
Friesian IRISH EBI SUMMARY
EBI - FRIESIAN
BULL CODE
BULL NAME
MILK
SHORT NAME
EBI
(SUB INDEX)
CALEB
€151
GTW
FERTILITY CALVING
HEALTH
IRISH EBI PRODUCTION & FERTILITY PROTEIN PROTEIN % KG
CALVING SURVIVAL GEST INT (%) (DAYS) (DAYS)
BETA CASEIN
TR
-2.62
A1/A1
1.58
-4.01
A1/A1
-3.47
1.51
-2.93
A1/A2
MAINTENANCE (SUB INDEX)
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
€7
€31
-436
-4
0.25
-13
0.08
-9.14
2.03
€47
€1
€10
-148
-1
0.09
-3
0.04
-3.11
€61
€34
€6
€13
-264
5
0.28
-2
0.08
(SUB INDEX)
(SUB INDEX)
-€48
€138
€34
€93
-€7
€58
GWEN MAN
€106
-€4
(SUB INDEX)
ICBF
FH3181
CATLANE CALEB
BF1108
CARRICKSHOCK GTW
BF1089
GURRANES GWEN MAN
FH3080
SKYHIGH PATROL
PATROL
€114
-€32
€98
€40
€8
€7
-150
-2
0.06
-6
-0.02
-5.88
2.11
-4.39
A1/A1
BF1118
FIRODA RANDY 9
RANDY 9
€172
€8
€124
€35
€1
€5
-163
3
0.16
-1
0.08
-7.61
2.48
-2.72
A1/A1
IRISH EBI SUMMARY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
(SUB INDEX)
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
CALVING INT (DAYS)
SURVIVAL (%)
GEST (DAYS)
€4
-€6
35
8
0.11
3
0.02
-5.70
2.27
-3.05
€36
€14
-€5
-92
-3
0.02
-1
0.04
-5.93
2.18
-3.15
€95
€22
€5
€10
18
3
0.03
3
0.04
-5.17
2.56
-1.22
€43
€85
€48
€6
€8
152
10
0.07
7
0.03
-3.79
3.12
-1.43
€41
€67
€32
€1
€40
227
10
0.01
8
0
-3.04
2.43
-1.54
FERTILITY
CALVING
EBI
(SUB INDEX)
GOPOLLEN
€162
€22
€98
€36
PRESTANGEN
€157
€0
€100
REITAN
€148
€20
NR9926 REITAN 2
REITAN 2
€192
NR9939 SKJELVAN
SKJLEVAN
€149
NR9944 PRESTANGEN
NR9950 REITAN
ICBF
MAINTENANCE
MILK
SHORT NAME
NR9935 GOPOLLEN
IRISH EBI PRODUCTION & FERTILITY
(SUB INDEX)
(SUB INDEX)
HEALTH (SUB INDEX)
EBI - NORWEGIAN RED
Norwegian Red
SCI
In August 2014, a new economic breeding tool was introduced as part of the AHDB Breeding programme. The Spring Calving Index (£SCI) is an across-breed genetic ranking index developed in consultation with industry partners specifically for spring block calving herds and expressed as a financial value. All figures are on an all breeds base, so that you can make easy dairy breed selections, with no need to convert figures to help you make the best decisions for your grassland herd.
UK £SCI HEALTH & FERTILITY SCI £409
Direct Calving Ease (DCE) Shows the likelihood of the calf being born easily from the respective sire. Values above 0 indicate easier calving sires. Over +1.0 we would recommend for use on maiden heifers.
Below Average
-2
AUGUST 2016 SOURCE: DAIRYCO BREEDING+
-1
0
Above Average
+1 +1.3%
DCE Lifespan
+0.4
Maintenance
+20
Fertility Index
+10
SCC
-21%
+2
Fertility Index This indicates how fertile the daughters of a sire are expected to be compared to the average. A positive score suggests improved fertility performance. One point of Fertility Index is calculated to be worth a reduction in calving interval by half a day.
Lifespan
Indicates the increase or reduction in lactations a daughter would survive. +0.5 would indicate an extra half a lactation.
Maintenance Maintenance is a value in kgs as to how much more or less a daughter would weigh compared to the average. A negative score indicates a bull that would reduce the liveweight of his daughters compared to the average and is more likely to have improved efficiency.
SCC (Somatic Cell Counts) A percentage indication of how much cell count will rise or fall by using the sire. A -1% SCC sire would result in an expected reduction of cell counts by 1%, compared to the average.
UK £SCI PRODUCTION
Milk kg
+517
66% Rel.
Fat
+23.7
+0.05%
Protein
+19.3
+0.04%
Daughters
0
Herds
0
Production PTA’s Calculated on a UK base for Milk, Fat and Protein Yield, as well as Fat and Protein percentage. These are a prediction of the change in production performance of daughters compared to the average and help you to tailor your genetics to best suit your milk contracts and aspirations.
Genus ABS abide by the AHDB Dairy and Holstein UK established Code of Advertising.
UK £SCI HEALTH & FERTILITY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
UK £SCI PRODUCTION
SHORT NAME
SCI
DCE
LS
MAINTENANCE
FERTILITY
SCC
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
DTRS
HERDS
HO1912
CURRA GYK ANGEL 2
ANGEL 2
250
1.5
0.1
10
8.6
-3
183
20.5
0.28
10.3
0.09
347
100
HO4031
BALLYMADDOCK DIAMOND
DIAMOND
349
1.3
0.3
1
9.8
0
54
9.4
0.16
13.4
0.25
G
G
HO2863
BATTLESTOWN LHZ NOEL
NOEL
307
1.2
0.2
7
12.4
1
27
9.6
0.19
10.2
0.21
16
5
HO2862
CURRA PLUTO
PLUTO
201
0.3
0.2
0
10.8
1
-63
3.7
0.14
7.1
0.21
305
90
HO4244
CHERRYHILL SEACHT
SEACHT
273
1.1
0.4
-5
9.8
9
38
2.6
0.02
9.2
0.17
G
G
HO3455
CURRA ROYAL STEVIE
STEVIE
319
1.6
0.2
-9
11.4
2
17
8.9
0.18
8.8
0.18
G
G
HO2933
BALLYMADDOCK LHZ TOMMY
TOMMY
284
1.8
0.2
14
10.9
-2
161
12.3
0.12
11.6
0.13
22
5
HO2487
CURRA TUNDER STRUCK
TUNDER STRUCK
236
1.9
0.1
2
10
-7
151
7.5
0.03
10
0.11
111
32
SCI - IRISH HOLSTEIN
Irish Holstein
SCI - HOLSTEIN
Holstein UK £SCI HEALTH & FERTILITY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
UK £SCI PRODUCTION
SHORT NAME
SCI
DCE
LS
MAINTENANCE
FERTILITY
SCC
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
AUGUSTUS
430
0.9
0.4
21
0.6
-36
593
27.6
0.06
24.4
0.09
DARWIN
444
0.3
0.5
23
1.3
-34
685
28.2
0
25.9
0.06
HO4936
WILLEM'S HOEVE W-H J AUGUSTUS
HO4932
K&L BO DARWIN
HO4930
RELOUGH DIRECTIVE
DIRECTIVE
402
1.2
0.6
22
6.5
-17
615
27.4
0.04
21.9
0.03
HO4931
MIDWOLDER MARQUIS
MARQUIS
410
-0.3
0.4
19
3.9
-19
663
29
0.03
24.4
0.04
HO4640
ABS MAYDAY
MAYDAY
435
-0.3
0.5
28
1.5
-28
722
32.7
0.06
27.1
0.06
HO3647
TOPCROFT PESKY TRIX
TRIX
385
0.2
0.3
17
5.8
-17
597
25.5
0.02
22.2
0.05
UK £SCI HEALTH & FERTILITY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
UK £SCI PRODUCTION
SHORT NAME
SCI
DCE
LS
MAINTENANCE
FERTILITY
SCC
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
DTRS
HERDS
BRYSTER
325
1.5
0.4
-1
11.7
-11
52
4.6
0.05
5
0.07
G
G
CALEB
359
2.4
0.4
-29
15.7
-1
-254
4.4
0.35
-1.8
0.16
333
81
CAPITOL
259
1.1
0.4
-9
13.5
-10
-170
-2.4
0.11
-3.6
0.05
G
G
CHAD
412
2.0
0.5
0
13.4
-18
-24
5.8
0.15
3.9
0.1
110
48
GABRIEL
279
1.4
0.4
-3
11.8
-13
-19
1.1
0.04
1
0.04
G
G
GWEN MAN
264
-0.1
0.1
-1
10.7
0
-153
8.3
0.34
0.9
0.14
G
G
BF1149
PEARTREE BRYSTER
FH3181
CATLANE CALEB
BF1139
CATLANE CAPITOL
BF1009
CATLANE CHAD
BF1128
GOONHILLY GABRIEL
BF1089
GURRANES GWEN MAN
BF1148
BEAUFORT KABANA
KABANA
313
1.5
0.4
0
11.4
-13
-130
3.8
0.21
0.1
0.1
G
G
BF1104
KIRKBY MALVERN
ALVERN
264
1.1
0.4
-11
11.2
-10
-21
-0.3
0.01
-0.5
0
G
G
FH3080
SKYHIGH PATROL
PATROL
265
0.3
0.5
-8
13.9
-6
21
2.2
0.03
-0.2
-0.02
177
52
BF1053
KIRKBY PAX
PAX
208
-0.1
0.2
7
8.8
-1
65
5.7
0.07
4.1
0.04
G
G
BF1109
AINTREE PERCY
PERCY
244
1
0.3
-2
10.7
-9
-42
-0.1
0.04
0.5
0.04
G
G
SCI - FRIESIAN
Friesian
UK £SCI PRODUCTION HRDS
UK £SCI HEALTH & FERTILITY
DTRS
SCI - JERSEY
Jersey J2231
DJ BROILER
BROILER
363
0.5
-51
6.2
-9
-339
6.1
0.48
-0.7
0.25
4032
767
J2517
SUNSET CANYON DAZZLER
DAZZLER
455
0.8
-57
7.8
-9
-223
8.8
0.42
0.9
0.19
685
145
J2443
SUNSET CANYON DOMINOS
DOMINOS
315
0.3
-54
1.2
6
-178
14.1
0.5
3.4
0.22
184
45
J2366
VJ LINK
LINK
482
0.6
-63
14.7
-12
-260
10.1
0.49
-0.7
0.19
1760
338
J2306
ALL LYNNS MAXIMUM VERNON-ET
VERNON
303
0.3
-61
-3
23
122
24.2
0.41
10.1
0.13
6780
439
J3469
VJ ZUMMIT
ZUMMIT
485
0.8
-70
6.4
-4
-197
14.9
0.54
3.4
0.23
222
138
BULL CODE
BULL NAME
SHORT NAME
SCI
LS
MAINTENANCE
FERTILITY
SCC
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
UK £SCI HEALTH & FERTILITY BULL CODE
BULL NAME
UK £SCI PRODUCTION
SHORT NAME
SCI
LS
FERTILITY
SCC
MILK KG
FAT KG
FAT %
PROTEIN KG
PROTEIN %
DTRS
ENGER
239
0.1
11.3
-7
119
8.3
0.07
7
0.07
207
GOPOLLEN
272
0.2
16
-5
112
6.9
0.05
4.2
0.01
215
HOOEN
106
0.2
4.5
-2
-29
0.2
0.03
0.3
0.03
6152
NYMOEN
193
0.2
13.5
-11
-86
-0.9
0.06
-0.4
0.06
248
PRESTANGEN
189
0
11
-14
56
-1.1
-0.07
3.6
0.04
3905
REITAN
185
0.2
13.2
-12
30
0.3
-0.02
1.5
0.01
934
NR9927
ENGER
NR9935
GOPOLLEN
NR9947
HOOEN
NR9963
NYMOEN
NR9944
PRESTANGEN
NR9950
REITAN
NR9926
REITAN 2
REITAN 2
257
0.4
4.6
-7
272
11.7
0.01
11.2
0.04
351
NR9939
SKJELVAN
SKJELVAN
187
0.2
3.4
-2
378
11.3
-0.09
11.6
-0.02
1169
SCI - NORWEGIAN RED
Norwegian Red
For more information on our Grassland sires, contact your local Genus ABS representative today!
Genus Breeding Ltd, Alpha Building, London Road, Nantwich, CW5 7JW, tel: 0870 162 2000, www.genusbreeding.co.uk