Viking Holstein Sire Directory November 2013

Sire Directory 2013 Online edition – November

The profitable choice VikingHolstein 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 farmers’ best interest that has resulted in superior long-term profitability.

VikingGenetics is one of the leading AI companies in the world, covering three countries and export to well above 40 markets annually. VikingGenetcics uses genomic selection to select the very highest bull calves and puts 175 Holstein bulls through progeny testing every year. 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.

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Breed statistics No. of cows

603,731

Milk, kg

9,477

Fat, kg

387

Fat, %

4.09

Protein, kg

319

Protein, %

3.37

Fat + Protein, kg

706

NTM +33 +1484 kg Milk

+83 kg Fat +64 kg Prot.

Longevity

Easy Calvings

Conformation

VH Grafit

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 253217 B Goldwyn Oman Justi BW Marshal AA

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

127 116 124 109 127 108 91

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

243

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

117 107 102 97 101 118 105

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

116 113 114 104 90

NO. OF DTRS

58

VH Grafit VH Grafit comes in with his first daughter proof. He is our number one proven bull with NTM 33. The daughters are very productive with lot of milk and excellent components. There are 243 daughters in his production index, which makes it 93% reliable.

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NTM +32 +1812 kg Milk

+64 kg Fat +52 kg Prot.

Daughter Fertility

Hoof Health

VH Basil

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 252935 RGK Bob CV Oman Justi L Winchest N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

129 125 131 103 123 97 124

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

185

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

109 99 105 107 114 105 109

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 98 Feet and legs 87 Udder 100 Milking speed 115 Temperament 100 4

NO. OF DTRS

124

VH Basil is a high production bull with good fertility and positive health traits. His dam Tirsvad Oman Jennifer did in her first lactation produce more than 1.000 kg fat and protein and is classified VG88. There is a strong cow family behind the bull.

Milk Production

NTM +26 +1562 kg Milk

+65 kg Fat +56 kg Prot.

Longevity

Milk Production

Udder Health

D Mason

EBV 2005

D Mason is the highest ranking bull with information based on milking daughters. He contains some of the best bulls of the breed Mascol – Oman Justi - Lukas. On top of that from a cow family that has been in focus since the wellknown Leadman son, T Eberhard.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 251114 Mascol Oman Justi Lukas N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 117 120 101 120 102 108

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

336

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

102 90 110 111 112 112 106

CONFORMATION TRAITS

NO. OF DTRS

220

Body 86 Feet and legs 116 Udder 101 Milking speed 103 Temperament 95 5

NTM +27 +522 kg Milk

+61 kg Fat +42 kg Prot.

Longevity

Hoof Health

VH Oyvind

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 252791 Oman Justi V Exces RGK Bob CV N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

117 101 112 118 118 115 117

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

872

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

107 99 94 109 121 116 122

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 6

99 111 106 106 105

NO. OF DTRS

369

VH Oyvind is an O-Man son with good production. His daughters have high components with good amount of milk. Oyvind is known as a health bull, all his indices for health traits are positive: udder health 109, other diseases 121, hoof health 122 and longevity 116.

Components

NTM +26 +259 kg Milk

+57 kg Fat +33 kg Prot.

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Conformation

VH Salomon

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 253100 D Sammy Oman Justi Merdrignac N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

114 97 108 118 117 118 98

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

1166

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

118 106 93 105 107 116 126

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 92 Feet and legs 107 Udder 114 Milking speed 94 Temperament 88

NO. OF DTRS

386

VH Salomon is a D Sammy son. He has a strong cow family behind. The dam produced in 4.4 lactation 11.300 kg milk with 4.86 % of fat and 3.73 % of protein. The daughters of Salomon have also very high components, they are fertile with good longevity.

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NTM +25 +1418 kg Milk

+43 kg Fat +47 kg Prot.

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

D Grove

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 251010 V GroovyBL D Novalis HJ Vogd N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

113 115 115 98 111 96 88

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

376

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

125 107 118 106 117 103 100

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 8

102 110 101 75 106

NO. OF DTRS

198

D Grove one of the highest ranking bulls in the breed based on daughters.

D Grove is already used as GenVikPLUS bull and now confirms his superiority also with daughters. Dam is an EX 90 D Novalis – the foundation of a family that brings in several top bulls.

Easy Calvings

NTM +25 +1293 kg Milk

+63 kg Fat +53 kg Prot.

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Udder Health

D Oscar

EBV 2005

D Oscar is the highest ranking Oman son and comes from a family that has been creating several good bulls.

The dam was an impressive producer – 3.7 years 11,854 kg milk with 4.36, 3.44 in fat and protein and at the same time classified EX90.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 249021 Oman Justi Juote Lukas AB

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 113 118 105 119 104 111

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

433

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

111 103 97 113 105 107 103

CONFORMATION TRAITS

NO. OF DTRS

161

Body 93 Feet and legs 80 Udder 105 Milking speed 109 Temperament 97 9

NTM +24 +1414 kg Milk

+55 kg Fat +58 kg Prot.

D Rødding

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

Daughter Fertility

Milk Production

D Rødding is one of the early Ramos sons that now has his second crop daughters in milk. He is from a cow family that has given some significant bulls – including the V Bojer son D Banker – a bull that really made an impact in the breed.

HOL 248938 Ramos V Brando B Patron AB

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 115 120 106 115 100 96

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

4043

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

114 104 103 106 108 106 100

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 117 Feet and legs 90 Udder 106 Milking speed 101 Temperament 96 10

Longevity

NO. OF DTRS

1735

NTM +23 +637 kg Milk

+21 kg Fat +34 kg Prot.

D Orange

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

Longevity

Easy Calvings

Udder Health

D Orange comes from a longliving T Funkis cow, classified 87 having produced more than 100,000 kg milk. D Orange gives a good balance between production and the functionality of the animals, and now adding several second crop daughters to confirm that.

HOL 249155 Oman Justi T Funkis HJ Vogd AB

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

107 103 109 109 102 99 107

NO. OF DTRS 10529 90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

112 110 107 115 126 107 106

CONFORMATION TRAITS

NO. OF DTRS

3870

Body 88 Feet and legs 102 Udder 107 Milking speed 91 Temperament 101 11

NTM +22 +600 kg Milk

+39 kg Fat +30 kg Prot.

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Hoof Health

D Sol

EBV 2005

D Sol – the Shottle son that continuously excels. The dam is an EX92 T Funkis daughter, and has produced more than 120,000 kg of milk and is still producing in the herd. An overall super breeding pattern on D Sol, without any major weaknesses. Note: he is carrier of BY.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 250354 P Shottle T Funkis VE Otto AA

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

109 102 107 106 109 106 114

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

794

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

111 107 109 106 119 117 116

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 93 Feet and legs 107 Udder 105 Milking speed 91 Temperament 103 12

NO. OF DTRS

248

NTM +22 +1119 kg Milk

VH Bismark

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

+36 kg Fat +56 kg Prot.

Longevity

Udder Health

Components

VH Bismark now has his proof based on milking daughters, and was heavily used already based on genomic information. He is a very different pedigree. The sire RGK Bob was a CVM carrying Lukas son, and because of that not used widely.

HOL 252478 RGK Bob CV S Jordan 3 S Morty N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

117 110 120 112 108 98 125

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

1705

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

91 99 111 111 100 113 106

CONFORMATION TRAITS

NO. OF DTRS

701

Body 95 Feet and legs 94 Udder 107 Milking speed 122 Temperament 105 13

NTM +21 +565 kg Milk

+40 kg Fat +42 kg Prot.

S Ross

EBV 2005

S Ross is a bull that just seems to improve the older his daughters get. A true expert in fertility, but at the same time adding a lot of production. The dam of S Ross, a longliving T Funkis cow, calving interval of 11.5 month after 5 calvings, producing 58 tons in total.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 48202 Chassee T Funkis Häradsköp AA

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

114 102 113 117 110 107 105

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

9081

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

129 104 92 95 101 111 100

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 89 Feet and legs 98 Udder 109 Milking speed 100 Temperament 106 14

NO. OF DTRS

3594

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Components

NTM +20 +956 kg Milk

+51 kg Fat +57 kg Prot.

Longevity

Milk Production

Components

VH Mogens

EBV 2005

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 251114 Mascol Oman Justi Lukas N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 108 120 117 114 105 114

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

593

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

97 106 94 107 106 108 107

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

105 93 102 110 104

NO. OF DTRS

260

VH Mogens is a Mascol son. He is a strong bull in production traits. Both kg’s and components are excellent so if you are looking for economical and health cows, Mogens is a good choice for you. Look the longevity index: 108!

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NTM +19 +1122 kg Milk

+18 kg Fat +49 kg Prot.

Longevity

Hoof Health

Easy Calvings

D Etoto

EBV 2005

D Etoto is a good result with topsire from VikingGenetics in the pedigree. The sire V Exces bringing production and super feet and legs, VAR Calano dam classified 88 and then back to T Funkis. D Etoto is one of the best feet and legs bull of the breed.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 250027 V Exces VAR Calano T Funkis N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

111 110 116 107 101 92 91

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

975

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

100 112 108 99 113 114 103

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 16

86 130 103 106 102

NO. OF DTRS

214

NTM +17 +1177 kg Milk

+54 kg Fat +49 kg Prot.

Longevity

Milk Production

Conformation

VH Zac

EBV 2005

VH Zac is from the dam Tofteg책rd Oman Sally (VG), who came to Denmark as an embryo made from Skoatterlan Jannie 11 (G Simon x D Novalis) in Holland.

VH Zac was used as GenVikPLUS bull based on genomic information. He was elected bull of the year in 2012 by the Danish farmers.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 252227 O Zenith Oman Justi G Simon N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

117 111 116 105 115 103 115

NO. OF DTRS 90

100

110

1653

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility 90 Calvings, Sire 93 Calvings, maternal 98 Udder health 97 Other diseases 108 Longevity 103 Hoof health 100

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

NO. OF DTRS

812

102 107 121 115 105 17

NTM +28

VH Black

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Udder Health

HOL 253186 S Bobas MGS Oman Justi MGGS RGK Bob CV

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

110 111 111 98 108 97 101

NO. OF DTRS 154 90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

119 105 107 120 102 119 110

CONFORMATION TRAITS

NO. OF DTRS 78

Body 98 Feet and legs 104 Udder 107 Milking speed 102 Temperament 87

VH Black is an excellent example of health and fertility: the fertility index is 119 and all the calving traits are positive. Udder health index 120 shows that the daughter have low somatic cell count and much less mastitis than average. Together with good hoof health the daughters have very good longevity too.

NTM +26

VH Max

Longevity

Udder Health

Conformation

HOL 253419 S Mascol MGS Oman Justi MGGS Luxemburg

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

122 110 121 115 118 106 104

NO. OF DTRS 154 90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

104 98 94 115 109 107 110

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 18

107 112 103 93 105

NO. OF DTRS 78

VH Max is a Mascol son out of O-Man dam. The daughters of the bull are very productive, both milk production and components are high. The daughters have good health and longevity. Good all-round bull without faults.

NTM +22

VH Oxford

Daughter Fertility

Hoof Health

Milk Production

HOL 252514 S Oman Justi MGS V Exces MGGS V Bojer

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

116 110 115 106 114 103 113

NO. OF DTRS 154 90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

102 112 98 102 123 114 118

CONFORMATION TRAITS

NO. OF DTRS 78

Body 88 Feet and legs 97 Udder 103 Milking speed 106 Temperament 102

VH Oxford is a good combination of O-Man and Danish genetics. With good production, high components and good health his daughters stay in the herd and produce well. Look the hoof health: the indexis one of the highest, 118.

NTM +18

VH Bento

Longevity

Milk Production

Total Merit Index

HOL 252951 S D Banker MGS Oman Justi MGGS T Funkis

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

115 100 112 119 114 112 109

NO. OF DTRS 154 90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

99 99 97 103 102 107 112

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

112 96 116 110 111

NO. OF DTRS 78

VH Bento was one of the best D Banker sons based on genomic information. Today he has a lot of milking daughter and based on that being in the top among daughter proven sires, and sons being ready to become the new GenVikPLUS bulls soon. The daughters have good udders, high components and good fertility.

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NTM

PRODUCTION

VH Goblin VH Gavin VH Miracle VH Mandel VH Miguel VH Jewel ET VH Mota VH Blume VH Bynke VH Grafit

43 43 41 38 37 36 35 33 33 33

CALVINGS SIRE VH Speedo VH Pop VH Oxford D Etoto D Orange VH Lumb VH Jewel ET D Grove VH Grafit VH Miracle

133 125 123 117 116 115 115 115 114 114

UDDER HEALTH 120 113 112 112 110 108 107 107 107 107

LONGEVITY VH Bynke VH Miracle VH Speedo VH Pop VH Miguel VH Osmus VH Blume VH Goblin VH Black VH Grafit

VH Gavin VH Basil VH Blume D Mason VH Grafit VH Bynke D Grove D Rødding VH Goblin VH Osmus

DAUGHTER FERTILITY

VH Jewel ET VH Mandel VH Meno VH Black VH Miguel VH Speedo VH Mota D Orange VH Goblin VH Max

VH Mandel VH Miracle VH Mota VH Jewel ET VH Zac VH Speedo VH Blume VH Goblin VH Lumb VH Meno

129 129 125 119 118 117 114 114 114 113

HOOF HEALTH 129 124 123 120 119 117 116 115 115 115

UDDER 137 132 131 131 128 127 126 121 119 118

S Ross VH Jewel ET D Grove VH Black VH Salomon VH Grafit VH Bynke D Rødding VH Miguel VH Speedo

VH Salomon VH Oyvind VH Jewel ET VH Osmus VH Oxford D Sol VH Miguel VH Mota VH Bento VH Speedo

126 122 121 119 118 116 115 112 112 111

FEET & LEGS 140 132 128 125 121 120 120 120 120 118

D Etoto VH Jewel ET VH Gavin VH Speedo VH Miguel D Mason VH Lumb VH Goblin VH Grafit VH Max

130 121 118 117 117 116 115 113 113 112

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NTM +43

VH Goblin

Longevity

Udder Health

Conformation

HOL 96307 S VH Tirsvad Goldwyn Grafit MGS San Fiorano S. Fibrax TL TV TF MGGS R-E-W Buckeye ET

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

129 114 126 110 127 111 90

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

110 101 116 115 115 121 108 VH Goblin is a son of the B Goldwyn x Oman Justi son VH Grafit. VH Goblin is a Finnish born bull born from a strong Fibrax cow classi-fied VG86. VH Goblin is a bull with a lot of positive traits and is able to add production and health and fertility at the same time.

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 102 Feet and legs 113 Udder 120 Milking speed 97 Temperament 86

NTM +43

VH Gavin

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Conformation

HOL 255183 S VH Grafit MGS D Onside MGGS Mascol

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

136 133 139 105 122 92 97

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

110 106 105 109 100 117 106

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 99 Feet and legs 118 Udder 115 Milking speed 95 Temperament 94

VH Gavin is the best of VH Grafit genomic sons in the list now. The dam of the bull is Onside daughter. Gavin has excellent breeding values for production as well as for conformation. No faults and easy to use in every herd!

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NTM +41

VH Miracle

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Easy Calvings

HOL 254418 S Massey MGS Roumare MGGS VAR Calano

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

116 105 114 109 111 106 103

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

112 107 122 113 114 132 104 VH Miracle is a very popular bull ranking at the very top.

His profile is very appealing to everybody, production, health & fertility and nice conformation. No big weaknesses. Also the pedigree is nice (Massey x Roumare (VG89) x VAR Calano EX92 x LukasEX90) can be use in many combinations.

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

108 99 132 127 112

NTM +38

VH Mandel

Longevity

Udder Health

Conformation

HOL 254168 S Man-O-Man MGS RGK Didrik MGGS V Bojer

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 99 115 116 120 121 87

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

104 103 101 124 106 114 109

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 24

119 102 140 105 106

VH Mandel is from a super RGK Didrik x V Bojer cow classified EX 92. The strong family behind creates the balance together with Man-O-Man on health and calving abilities. He is a true specialist when it comes to udders!

NTM +37

VH Miguel HOL 255750 S D Mason MGS D Sol MGGS V Ersgard

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

118 109 117 107 117 107 114

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

114 102 112 119 128 128 115 VH Miguel is the highest genomic bull in Viking Genetics.

This D Mason son, D Sol as a MGS, has good excellent proofs for production and fertility. In health traits he is really a top bull!

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 89 Feet and legs 117 Udder 102 Milking speed 89 Temperament 99

NTM +36

VH Jewel ET

Daughter Fertility

Hoof Health Conformation

HOL 95572 S Juwel TV MGS O-Bee Manfred Justic MGGS Dixie-Lee Aaron-ET

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

101 99 103 104 99 100 102

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

129 107 121 129 106 115 121

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 97 Feet and legs 121 Udder 125 Milking speed 89 Temperament 97

VH Jewel is a Juwel son and he is one of the best genomic type bulls. The udder index is 129 and feet and legs index is 121. He is also a very good in daughter fertility and calvings, so easy choice for heifers.

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NTM +35

VH Mota

Hoof Health

Udder Health

Conformation

HOL 254182 S Man-O-Man MGS Ramos MGGS P Shottle

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

121 103 117 114 122 118 101

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

101 106 102 116 109 114 112 VH Mota was one of the first Man-O-Man genomic sons.

If you are looking for solids, this is really a good bull for you. With VH Mota you get also cows with good health, both udder and hoof health indices show that.

Also sexed semen available.

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

96 100 128 125 100

NTM +33

VH Blume

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Conformation

HOL 254934 S Bowser MGS B Goldwyn MGGS Oman Justi

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 123 123 100 111 90 114

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

112 105 108 105 99 126 99

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 26

105 99 120 117 107

VH Blume is a Bowser son out of Godwyn dam. If you need more milk, Blume is a good choice for that. Even the production level is high; udder health is good as well as conformation. Good bull to produce daughters for robotic milking: milking speed index is 117.

NTM +33

VH Lumb

Longevity

Udder Health

Conformation

HOL 254198 S Legend MGS Ränneslöv MGGS RGK Bob CV

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

122 109 121 111 116 106 100

90

100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

108 108 103 109 106 110 102 VH Lumb has an outcross pedigree: Legend as a sire and Ränneslöv as a MGS is not so wellknown combination.

Lumb has good proofs for production but he is also very good bull in functional traits, health, calving ease and conformation. Also X-Vik semen available.

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

97 115 120 104 106

NTM +33

VH Bynke

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Udder Health

HOL 254176 S VH Bismark MGS Ramos MGGS Merdrignac

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

113 115 115 100 110 95 102

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100

110

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HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

114 105 117 111 109 137 107

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

100 111 113 107 108

VH Bynke is from a very strong Ramos x Merdrignac cow (VG85). She is today still in the very top index ranking based on genomic information, and is still being flushed heavily. A family that we for sure will see much more from in the future.

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NTM +33

VH Speedo HOL 48970 S Sterngold MGS Bissjön MGGS Billion ET

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

109 111 112 101 103 93 89

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100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

113 120 107 117 103 131 111 VH Speedo has really outcross pedigree: Sterngold as a sire and Bissjön as MGS – you can find it only here!

Speedo has one of the highest longevity index, 131.

The bull has got very good proofs for all functional traits, so easy to use for heifers and cows!

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

102 117 120 109 105

NTM +31

VH Osmus

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Hoof Health

HOL 253548 S D Onside MGS V Exces MGGS A Ford

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

118 114 119 104 116 102 98

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100

110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

108 104 108 106 113 127 119

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 84 Feet and legs 105 Udder 116 Milking speed 99 Temperament 108 28

VH Osmus is a D Onside son out of V Exces dam. If you are looking for a little smaller but productive daughter, Osmus is a good selection for your herd. Osmus has excellent proofs for health and longevity and he is also a very good choice for heifers.

NTM +31

VH Meno

Longevity

Easy Calvings

Udder Health

HOL 254419 S Massey MGS Oman Justi MGGS V Bojer

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

111 110 112 102 109 99 112

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HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

102 101 124 123 114 117 97 VH Meno is a Massey son. He has no faults, so easy choice for every herd. Daughters have nice udders and with good temperament. If you need help for udder health, Massey works well for that. Look that udder health index, 123!

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

101 104 118 100 116

NTM +25

VH Pop

Longevity

Daughter Fertility

Easy Calvings

HOL 253724 S Planet MGS Ramos MGGS Oman Justi

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

110 113 115 102 100 88 93

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110

120

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

103 113 109 109 116 131 106

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament

102 104 116 95 122

VH Pop is a Planet son out of Ramos daughter. Again an example of bull with good longevity: the index is 131.

Pop has good proofs for all conformation traits.

His daughters have good temperament. Also X-Vik semen available.

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Understand the benefit from high NTM – increased profit!

1. What is NTM?

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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.

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Weight of main traits in NTM.

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7%

31%

2% 5%

5%

2%

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.

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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, Sweden and Finland 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.

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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.

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13.6% 13.6%

0.1% 2.1%

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3. The value of NTM units

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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

+ 160 kg milk

Fat index

+ 8.6 kg fat

Fat percentage

+ 0.13 %

Protein index

+ 6.1 kg protein

Protein percentage

+ 0.08 %

Growth

+ 8 g/day. Higher weight gain of bull calves

Calculation of production index

- 0.25 x Milk + 0.25 x Fat + 1 x Protein

The value of +10 units for functional traits

Daughter fertility

Days open reduced by 8 days and 0.03 less services per pregnancy

Calvings, Sire (Maiden heifers)

Reduction in difficult calvings with 2 % and 1 % less stillborn calves

Calvings, Maternal (Maiden heifers)

Reduction in difficult calvings with 8 % and 2 % less stillborn calves

Udder health

1.8 % units less mastitis treatments in first lactation. 2.6 % units less mastitis treatments in second and third lactation

Other diseases

2.7 % units less treatments for reproduction diseases, metabolic disorders and diseases in hooves, feet and legs in first and second lactation. 3.6 % 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

36 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 2005

+1562 kg Milk

+65 kg Fat +56 kg Prot.

Longevity

Milk Production

Udder Health

D Mason

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 bulls’ 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 weighted 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.

S MGS MGGS KappaCasein

HOL 251114 Mascol Oman Justi Lukas N/A

PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth

120 117 120 101 120 102 108

HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health

102 90 110 111 112 112 106

CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 86 Feet and legs 116 Udder 101 Milking speed 103 Temperament 95

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NO. OF DTRS 110

336

120

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NO. OF DTRS

220

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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