Sire Directory 2013 Online edition – November
RED
Danish Red
Finnish e r i h s r y A
Swedish Red Everlastning love for the world’s strongest red program Our three impressive breeds, Finnish Ayrshire, Swedish Red and Danish Red share the same selection program and breeding goal. Together with a high participation in milk recording and unique registrations for health and fertility in the worlds most complete high quality data base it provides excellent opportunity for efficient selection. VikingGenetics tests in total 200 bulls every year. Giving you the opportunity to enjoy the results of three strong red breeds and one excellent breeding program! Welcome to share our love!
Breed statistics VikingRed No. of cows
306,651
Milk, kg
8,667
Fat, kg
375
Fat, %
4.33
Protein, kg
303
Protein, %
3.50
Fat + Protein, kg
678
NTM +27 +622 kg Milk
+46 kg Fat +38 kg Prot.
Daughter Fertility
Milk Production
Udder Health
VR Game
EBV 2005
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92986 Gunnarstorp ST Hallebo T책lebo N/A
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
114 105 112 111 112 108 102
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
151
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
116 104 109 116 105 103 108
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 101 Feet and legs 98 Udder 108 Milking speed 96 Temperament 98
NO. OF DTRS
67
VR Game is a Gunnartorp son from the St Hallebo cow. He was started as sire of sons in August and now he has a good semen stock to enter daily plan. He has good production with excellent fertility and health figures. The daughters are middle sized cows with nice udders.
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NTM +27 +304 kg Milk
+63 kg Fat +38 kg Prot.
R Harvard
EBV 2005
>12,5 % Holstein
R Harvard is out of a VEST Sum dam that milked 5 lactations with a total yield of 58,000 kg of milk with 4.7 % fat and 3.9% protein. This best Ascona son is at the moment holding the NTM top position together with R Cigar.
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
RDM 36560 R Ascona VEST Sum Emory N/A
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
117 101 113 120 118 122 98
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
105
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
99 104 106 111 109 102 96
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 4
105 107 114 107 105
NO. OF DTRS
83
Udder Health
Components Conformation
NTM +27 +981 kg Milk
+76 kg Fat +41 kg Prot.
Longevity
Easy Calvings
Conformation
VR Cigar
EBV 2005
>12,5 % Holstein
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
RDM 36678 R Cirkel R Alfa FYN Cent AB
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
117 110 113 103 123 114 110
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
168
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
101 108 106 99 112 117 100
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
112 117 113 114 105
NO. OF DTRS
104
The R Alfa dam who delivered VR Cigar was flushed three times which resulted in three more sons sold to VikingGenetics. She milked for 4.5 years with a total yield of 50,000 kg of milk. VR Cigar is one of the most popular sires at home market just now. He was already used as GenVikPLUS sire.
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NTM +24 +284 kg Milk
+13 kg Fat +26 kg Prot.
Hoof Health
Components Conformation
VR Leroy
EBV 2005
VR Leroy is the only son of L책ngby in large scale use. He is a bull with very good functional traits. High indices of fertility, udder health, other diseases and hoof health really mean good longevity.
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92912 L책ngbo Peterslund Myhrer AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
107 100 107 111 101 100 94
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
519
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
113 102 103 116 112 108 113
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 91 Feet and legs 111 Udder 113 Milking speed 106 Temperament 99 6
NO. OF DTRS
195
NTM +22 +858 kg Milk
+37 kg Fat +38 kg Prot.
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Milk Production
V Föske
EBV 2005
V Föske inherits two traits that are not easy to combine on high level: production and fertility. This sire having a different pedigree: Miqur x Gårdö comes from Viken herd. The dam, 210 Lilja, was bought to Viken as a heifer. She was flushed several times but V Föske is Lilja’s own calf.
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92483 Miqur Gårdö Tunnus AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 109 113 104 110 100 104
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
1160
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
123 102 98 105 102 122 104
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
NO. OF DTRS
274
106 91 101 106 111 7
NTM +19 +723 kg Milk
+38 kg Fat +38 kg Prot.
R Fastrup
EBV 2005
>12,5 % Holstein
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
Daughter Fertility
Conformation
R Fastrup, one the many Orraryd sons all over the world, was bought in a small herd close to Aarhus. His dam stunning red cow after Stadel which was classified 89 overall and delivered besides R Fastrup two more bulls to VikingGenetics – R Hunter and VR Diamant.
RDM 36412 Orraryd Stadel ØJY Ladby AE
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 107 113 108 110 103 98
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
1973
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
116 101 98 90 107 118 102
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 8
Longevity
107 126 106 99 109
NO. OF DTRS
1090
NTM +23 +701 kg Milk
+26 kg Fat +27 kg Prot.
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Easy Calvings
Pell-Pers
EBV 2005
Pell-Pers having a very special pedigree, the only son of Flarkb채cken, is a natural choice for the breeder who appreciates trouble-free cows. The dam 82 Lycka comes from a small farm and the cow family Lycka is almost the only one in the herd. 82 Lycka was scored after six calves with 85 points.
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92488 Flarkb채cken Botans Backg책rd AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
107 106 107 100 105 99 89
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
177
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
114 111 109 110 110 115 123
CONFORMATION TRAITS
NO. OF DTRS
79
Body 83 Feet and legs 118 Udder 108 Milking speed 93 Temperament 107 9
NTM +19 +906 kg Milk
+54 kg Fat +55 kg Prot.
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
Total Merit Index
G Edbo
EBV 2005
G Edbo is back on podium with his second crop daughters. He has the same fantastic Abru cow as dam as 2104 Gunnarstorp 1131 Eda. According to the owners Eda was an incredibly kind cow. She had eight calves and milked more than 84,000 kg ECM (76,805 kg milk and 4.6% fat, 3.7 % protein).
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92263 Botans Abru Hulan AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
122 109 121 116 115 107 103
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
4262
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
98 107 115 86 103 113 82
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 85 Feet and legs 97 Udder 91 Milking speed 136 Temperament 119 10
NO. OF DTRS
1869
NTM +19 +1133 kg Milk
+56 kg Fat +51 kg Prot.
Milk Production
Components
VR Solero
EBV 2005
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92851 Sรถrby Orraryd G Ross AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
120 113 119 107 116 103 106
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
239
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility 95 Calvings, Sire 89 Calvings, maternal 112 Udder health 97 Other diseases 97 Longevity 107 Hoof health 95
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
90 104 106 108 116
NO. OF DTRS
111
VR Solero is a good combination of Swedish bulls: sire is Sรถrby and MGS Orraryd. Solero is the top bull in production: both milk kg and component indices are high. With good milking speed and temperament the daughter are very good for robotic milking too.
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NTM +19 +523 kg Milk
+27 kg Fat +23 kg Prot.
Longevity
Hoof Health Conformation
Gunnarstorp
EBV 2005
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92104 Kelli Abru Hulan AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
105 103 105 102 105 102 98
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
3714
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
116 113 104 100 103 114 120
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 92 Feet and legs 119 Udder 118 Milking speed 86 Temperament 86 12
NO. OF DTRS
1553
Gunnarstorp has over 3,000 milking daughters in his proof with great farmer satisfaction. He is a half brother of G Edbo coming from the same dam.
NTM +17 +872 kg Milk
N Pr채stg책rd
EBV 2005
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
+28 kg Fat +38 kg Prot.
Longevity
Hoof Health
Milk Production
Nora Pr채stg책rd is a carrier of polled gene coming from his Norwegian sire Lien. He is a calving ease sire with good health traits.
SRB 92518 Lien Botans Ekholm AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
112 109 113 104 106 96 103
NO. OF DTRS 90
100
110
337
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
101 111 97 104 110 110 112
CONFORMATION TRAITS
NO. OF DTRS
124
Body 94 Feet and legs 107 Udder 96 Milking speed 111 Temperament 95 13
NTM +15 -2 kg Milk
+6 kg Fat +10 kg Prot.
R Facet
EBV 2005
The dam of R Facet after the Swedish bull Vättergård was a big cow with 91 in overall classification. She has given three more bulls to VikingGenetics. The dam of the Vättergård cow is also the dam of R Degn, a FYN Aks son who was on the mating plans in Denmark.
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
RDM 36324 K Jerry Vættergård ØJY Ladby AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index 100 Milk, kg 96 Protein, kg 99 Protein, % 106 Fat, kg 98 Fat, % 103 Growth 79
NO. OF DTRS 10585 90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
112 94 113 105 93 110 109
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 14
118 107 124 111 102
NO. OF DTRS
4050
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Conformation
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NTM +20
R. Ypry
Longevity
Milk Production
Udder Health
FAY 44881 S Niemelän Ooppium MGS Alhaisten Lööperi MGGS Flaka
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
90
112 107 111 105 114 108 116
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
94 111 91 115 110 115 95
Ypry is sired by Ooppium, so it is easy to guess him as a high component bull. The daughters are smaller than average but they born also very easily so Ypry is very good for heifers. Look that longevity: 115!
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 93 Feet and legs 97 Udder 110 Milking speed 98 Temperament 105
NTM +22
>12,5 % Holstein
VR Balfa
Longevity
Udder Health
Components
RDM 36825 S R Bangkok MGS R Alfa MGGS VEST Bæk
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
114 102 111 114 117 118 104
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
89 98 99 110 100 112 105
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 16
113 105 117 118 107
VR Balfa was brought into VikingGenetics because of his stack of sires. Balfa’s dam was classified VG 88, with EX 92 classification for mammary. The late R Bangkokson was bred in a farm where no bulls had been sold before, but due to genomic selection VR Balfa was bought.
NTM +19
P. Yllyke
Longevity
Milk Production
Components
FAY 44620 S Niemel채n Ooppium MGS Kangassalon Kelli MGGS Kalliolan Istoh
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
120 110 117 110 119 110 112
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility 97 Calvings, Sire 95 Calvings, maternal 103 Udder health 91 Other diseases 98 Longevity 111 Hoof health 105
Yllyke is a son of Ooppium. In production traits this bull is one of the best. Lot of milk with excellent components provide you good daughters. If you need faster daughters in your milking parlor, Yllyke is your solution, the milking speed index is 118!
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
100 103 104 118 100
NTM +20
R Haslev
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
Conformation
RDM 36558 S Orraryd MGS SYD Garant MGGS Torpane
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
107 102 106 106 106 105 101
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
113 96 116 105 93 101 113
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
111 112 109 125 118
The Haslev daughters excel in fertility and hoof health. In the parlor and by AMS, the fast milking speed and easy temperament is appreciated by farmers. Haslev breeds tall and angular daughters with excellent feet and legs and udder conformation.
17
NTM +22
VR Gobel
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Easy Calvings
SRB 92983 S Gunnarstorp MGS S Major MGGS Peterslund
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
109 107 109 101 110 103 95
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
129 110 104 105 103 112 109
VR Gobel is an extreme sire in female fertility with index 129, all his birth and calving figures are positive as well. He is one of the best feet and leg improvers at the moment.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 89 Feet and legs 116 Udder 100 Milking speed 93 Temperament 94
NTM +18
A. Aikomus
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Milk Production
FAY 45234 S Heisalan Ponnistus MGS Niemel채n Ooppium MGGS Botans
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
117 115 118 101 112 96 105
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
102 90 104 106 104 110 93
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 98 Feet and legs 86 Udder 103 Milking speed 101 Temperament 102 18
Asmo Aikomus is a Ponnistus son out of Ooppium dam. Like all Ponnistus sons, Aikomus is a very good milk production bull with average components. Daughters have good health and longevity.
NTM +19
>12,5 % Holstein
R Gazelle
Daughter Fertility
Components Conformation
RDM 36469 S Orraryd MGS Ferdi MGGS Tor Bruno
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
114 103 112 113 112 110 93
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility 105 Calvings, Sire 114 Calvings, maternal 110 Udder health 90 Other diseases 83 Longevity 99 Hoof health 90
R Gazelle is out of a Ferdi daughter that had five lactations with above average yield but good components with 4.9 in fat percentage and 3.6 in protein percentage.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
103 116 112 115 119
NTM +15
A Linné
Daughter Fertility
Easy Calvings
Conformation
SRB 92385 S Orraryd MGS Abru MGGS Ekeslunda
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
102 95 102 112 96 101 98
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
115 102 107 91 94 106 88
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
113 107 134 101 117
A Linné has a large group of his second crop daughters in production. The daughers are very fertile and they have good longevity. With Linné you can get excellent type cows: the udder index is 134, feet and legs 107 and body 113. Remember: also X-Vik doses! 19
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PRODUCTION
R Harvard VR Cigar VR Fergus VR Freak VR Alavire VR Fimbe VR Borsse VR Favre VR Hammer VR Flame
27 27 27 27 26 26 25 25 25 24
CALVINGS SIRE R Gazelle Gunnarstorp VR Hammer Pell-Pers Nora Prästgård R Ypry VR Favre VR Borsse VR Cigar G Edbo
113 111 110 110 109 109 109 109 108 107
UDDER HEALTH 114 113 112 111 111 111 110 108 108 107
LONGEVITY VR Favre VR Borsse VR Fimbe V Föske VR Flame VR Fergus R Fastrup VR Cigar Pell-Pers R Ypry
VR Solero VR Flame VR Cigar P Yllyke VR Favre V Föske G Edbo N Prästgård VR Fimbe R Ypry
DAUGHTER FERTILITY
VR Leroy R Ypry VR Freak R Harvard Pell-Pers VR Balfa VR Borsse VR Alavire VR Fimbe VR Hammer
A Linné R Facet Gunnarstorp VR Fimbe VR Fergus VR Balfa VR Freak VR Alavire R Harvard VR Cigar
116 115 114 111 110 110 108 108 108 105
Pell-Pers Gunnarstorp VR Leroy R Haslev Nora Prästgård VR Freak VR Flame VR Borsse VR Favre R Facet
134 124 118 117 117 117 114 114 114 113
R Fastrup Gunnarstorp Pell-Pers VR Cigar R Gazelle VR Hammer VR Freak VR Borsse R Haslev VR Leroy
By using VikingGenetics X-Vik you obtain the following benefits: • Estimated 90% females • Excellent fertility results
• Easy calvings • Higher profit
123 120 113 113 112 111 111 110 110 109
FEET & LEGS
Use sexed semen by VikingGenetics! • Many heifers to sell or replace cows and increase your herd
123 121 118 116 116 115 115 114 113 113
HOOF HEALTH
UDDER 133 127 126 122 121 121 118 117 115 115
V Föske VR Flame VR Favre R Fastrup Gunnarstorp VR Alavire A Linné Pell-Pers R Haslev VR Leroy
126 119 118 117 116 116 115 112 112 111
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NTM +25
VR Borsse
Longevity
Udder Health
Conformation
FAY 46303 S Buckarby MGS Kilpisalon Toivo MGGS Niemel채n Ooppium
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 104 111 107 111 107 104
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
105 108 99 108 106 127 110
VR Borsse is one of the best genomic bull in VikingRed. The pedigree is nice: Buckarby as a sire and Toivo as a MGS can promise you good results. Borsse has good breeding values for production, fertility, calving ease and conformation. Together all these = good longevity!
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
91 112 109 110 102
NTM +25
VR Hammer
Longevity
Easy Calvings
Milk Production
SRB 99492 S R Haslev MGS G Edbo MGGS Peterslund
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
111 103 109 106 110 107 95
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
106 112 118 105 107 114 104
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 22
102 116 104 133 111
VR Hammer is a R Haslev son and his MGS is Edbo. Haslev has very good breeding values for production, both milk and components. With good milking speed index 133 the daughters are very good in robotic milking.
NTM +25
VR Favre
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Milk Production
RDM 37221 S V Fรถske MGS O Brolin MGGS R David
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
114 109 113 104 111 102 102
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
118 110 97 103 110 133 110
VR Favre is one of the first Fรถske sons in genomic bull list. He is a high production bull with excellent breeding values for fertility. If you need cows with good longevity, look the index: 133!
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body 106 Feet and legs 96 Udder 99 Milking speed 116 Temperament 111
NTM +27
VR Fergus
Longevity Conformation
Longevity Daughter Fertility
Conformation Daughter Fertility
RDM 37014 S R Facet MGS R David MGGS Orraryd
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 106 113 107 104 98 88
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
108 93 111 104 108 121 103
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
106 110 117 120 117
VR Fergus is from an R David cow. R David is one of the most influential red bulls in the last decade. This daughter is an exceptional cow with 91 on overall classification and an average yield of 10,600 kg of milk. 23
NTM +26
VR Fimbe
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Conformation
RDM 37028 S R Facet MGS R Festival MGGS Micmac
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
112 108 112 104 108 100 96
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
111 91 117 108 94 126 100
R Festival, the maternal grandsire of VR Fimbe comes from the same herd as him. The R Festival daughter is classified 86 and has so far averaged over 11,000 kg of milk. She was also flushed which resulted in a high genomically tested daughter soon to be flushed as well.
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
114 106 117 112 104
NTM +27
VR Freak
Daughter Fertility
Udder Health
Conformation
FAY 45813 S R Facet MGS Lindero MGGS Peterslund 1213
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
107 99 106 107 102 103 90
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
111 103 114 114 118 114 111
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament 24
101 115 114 113 102
VR Freak is sired by R Facet, MGS is Lindero. VR Freak is an excellent bull in functionality traits. He has good breeding values for fertility, calvings and health traits as well as conformation traits.
NTM +24
VR Flame
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Milk Production
SRB 99507 S V Fรถske MGS Gunnarstorp MGGS O Brolin R
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
115 111 115 104 112 101 99
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
121 100 101 100 105 121 111
VR Flame is a son of Fรถske. Like his sire, he is a good bull in hoof health and longevity. Daughter fertility index 121 shows that this bull really has fertile daughters!
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
99 108 103 104 102
NTM +26
VR Alavire
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Udder Health
FAY 45600 S S Adam MGS Asmo Prunni ET MGGS Peterslund 1213
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 106 112 106 110 104 89
90
100
110
120
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
115 105 95 108 113 113 107
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
100 108 114 100 94
VR Alavire comes from the Asmo nucleus herd. His dam is still in milk in MTT research herd by 120 cows with best lactation more than 10,000 kg milk. The grand dam originates from Koskentaka herd and has several longevity cows in the family. 25
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, 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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2.1%
80
90
100
3. The value of NTM units
110
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
+ 219 kg milk
Fat index
+ 9.9 kg fat
Fat percentage
+ 0.12 %
Protein index
+ 7.2 kg protein
Protein percentage
+ 0.08 %
Growth
+ 11 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 6.6 days and 0.08 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 2.5 % and 1 % less stillborn calves
Udder health
1.5 % units less mastitis treatments in first lactation. 2.5 % units less mastitis treatments in second and third lactation
Other diseases
1.5% units less treatments for reproduction diseases, metabolic disorders and diseases in hooves, feet and legs in first and second lactation. 2.5 % 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
34 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 +22 EBV 2005
+858 kg Milk
+37 kg Fat +38 kg Prot.
Longevity
Daughter Fertility
Milk Production
V Föske
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.
S MGS MGGS KappaCasein
SRB 92483 Miqur Gårdö Tunnus AA
PRODUCTION TRAITS Prod. index Milk, kg Protein, kg Protein, % Fat, kg Fat, % Growth
113 109 113 104 110 100 104
HEALTH TRAITS Daughter fertility Calvings, Sire Calvings, maternal Udder health Other diseases Longevity Hoof health
123 102 98 105 102 122 104
CONFORMATION TRAITS Body Feet and legs Udder Milking speed Temperament
106 91 101 106 111
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NO. OF DTRS 110
1160
120
3 4
NO. OF DTRS
274
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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