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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION TO BREEDING BASICS 3Making this work for you – developing a breeding plan 4My breeding plan 6Heritability and repeatability 8Understanding New Zealand Graphs 9Breed Averages 10Better Life Health 10Better Life Efficiency 10

INTERPRETING AE & INDEXES 11

Breeding Indicators 11NZMI 11BW 11Total Longevity 11Liveweight 11% Health 11% Efficiency 11

Production Traits 12Milk Volume 12Milk Fat 12 Protein 12Milk Fat & Protein Percentage 12 Management & Health Traits 13 Fertility 13Body Condition Score 13Somatic Cells Score 13Calving Difficulty 13Gestation Length 13Residual Survival 13

Shed Traits 14Adaptability To Milking 14Shed Temperament 14Milking Speed 14Overall Opinion 14

Individual Cow Assessment 15Top Assessment 15

Conformation Traits 16Stature 16Capacity 17Rump Angle 18Rump Width 19Legs 20Udder Support 21Front Udder 22Rear Udder 23Front Teat 24Rear Teat 25Udder Overall 26Dairy Conformation 27

GENETIC DEFECTS 28CVM/BLAD/CIT/SCS 28

Inbreeding 28

PEDIGREE STATUS EXPLANATION 29Holstein-Friesians 29Jerseys 29

NOTES 31

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INTRODUCTION TO BREEDING BASICS

DECIDING ON YOUR BREEDING DIRECTION

Breeding is a highly valuable long term activity, offering the potential for cumulative and consistent gain, and improvements in areas that will surprise you.

Breeding is something that people who get involved become very passionate about. We think that comes from the sense of achievement in producing quality cows and in understanding the critical role they play in your farm business.

CRV Ambreed believes the cow needed in the future should be efficient and healthy.

No two farms are the same, and no two farmers run their farms in the same way, so it makes sense

that each farmer targets the type of cow they want. Needs differ depending on climate, finances, environmental impact, and of course farm systems.

CRV Ambreed’s field consultants and genetics team work with each farmer and create the desired genetic solution for their herd. Eczema tolerant bulls are an example of a genetic solution for a health issue. Once a day index is an example of a genetic solution for farm system need. Polled sires are an example of an animal welfare solution. LowN Sires are an example of an environmental solution.

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MAKING THIS WORK FOR YOU – DEVELOPING A BREEDING PLAN

The scale and type of dairy operations in NZ have changed significantly over time from the simple all-grass systems of yesteryear.

While optimal utilisation of pasture is still the backbone of dairy farming in NZ and the key to efficient production of milk solids, farming environments and farmer objectives are more varied than ever.

The days of “one cow fits all” herds are over, and NZ farmers need to take account of traits important to the efficient production of milk solids in their system.

Breeding the ‘perfect herd’ takes time. It will be 5-6 years before you see results from a breeding plan, so consistency and planning are vitally important. Achieving valuable and consistent gains in the key production, management and functional type traits takes time and focus.

The purpose of a Breeding Plan is to set out genetic gain objectives - and the strategy to be used to get there. It develops a course of action that is to be followed over time, and allows you to track progress and make sure that a consistent path is followed.

A Breeding Plan is a tool designed to document your goals and keep your herd improving in the direction your business needs it to. You can revisit the Plan anytime your business or production system goals change.

Your herd is the most productive asset you will ever own. Use the power of cumulative gain delivered by genetics to get the most from them.

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EXAMPLE

BREEDING OBJECTIVES

Herd Objectives

Lift Protein to Fat ratio to 0.9. Improve fertility. Increase production to 130,000kgs in 5 years.

Bull Team Strategy

Select Friesian bulls with a protein to fat ratio BV of >1.2.

Year One

Run bull team against the herd to determine most appropriate allocation of semen using SireMatch.

Year Two

Revisit the logic of the plan and continue to modify as required.

Year Three

Analyse heifers for first signs of type improvement and check plan for continued relevance.

Year Four

Analyse production performance of the herd to determine rate of gain in desired areas.

PROCESS

Developing the plan starts with a GAP analysis on your herd. It is just like soil testing – in the old days (mid 80s?) every farmer put 3 hundredweight of super on in the autumn just like every other farmer.

Then the research showed that farmers could save tens of thousands of dollars by targeting the right fertiliser at the right rates to particular parts of the farm.

So we start by working out where we need to be – what is the target/objective? Then we work out where we are now – what is our starting point? Now we know the gap – and we can work out our breeding priorities.

STEP ONE: What kind of farm system do you have?

This identifies the key traits that you should be focusing on in order to achieve your business and production system objectives.

STEP TWO: What kind of herd have you got?

This herd analysis can be carried out via our SireMatch service. It uses cow breeding values and pedigree information to produce Herd Trait Profiles identifying traits that need attention.

STEP THREE:

What traits (from Step Two) must I prioritise?

What traits (from Step One) must I prioritise?

What team of bulls will get me closest to these objectives?

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HERD OBJECTIVES:

BULL TEAM STRATEGY:

YEAR ONE: e.g. Run bull team against the herd to determine most appropriate allocation of semen using SIreMatch.

MY BREEDING PLAN

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YEAR TWO: e.g. Revisit the logic of the plan and continue to modify as required.

YEAR THREE: e.g. Analyse heifers for first signs of type improvement and check plan for continued relevance.

YEAR FOUR: e.g. Analyse production performance of the herd to determine rate of gain in desired areas.

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HERITABILITY AND REPEATABILITY

Heritability refers to the proportion of an animal’s production and liveweight differences which are due to differences in genetic merit, ie available to be passed onto progeny.

Repeatability refers to the proportion of an animal’s production and liveweight differences which are repeated from year to year. This is a result of the genetic merit of an animal plus any permanent factors (for example, rearing environment) which will affect its lifetime performance.

ANIMALS WITH NO RECORDS

Animal evaluations are based on the genetic links provided through ancestry information. For animals with no records of their own, such as young stock, ancestry records are the source of information used to establish their expected ranking relative to others. For animals where only partial or no ancestry records exist, other methods are required to produce their evaluations.

An ‘unrecorded’ animal is defined as having part or all of its ancestry records missing. Animals which fall into this category include those with unrecorded sire and/or dam identification codes.

An animal can have ‘unrecorded’ ancestry and still have records on its own performance. The performance of unrecorded animals relative to their recorded contemporaries is used to estimate the genetic merit of the group of ‘average’ sires and the group of ‘average’ dams which would have been required to breed these type of animals.

A genetic group solution represents the ‘average’ sire or dam for all unrecorded animals of the same birth year, breed and country of origin.

Where an animal’s ancestry records are incomplete, the appropriate genetic group solution is substituted for the missing parent information.

Trait Heritability

Total longevity 7.2%

Liveweight 35%

Milk 36%

Protein 31%

Milkfat 33%

Fertility 9%

Somatic Cells 15%

Calving difficulty 4.3%

Residual survival 5.5%

Adaptabilty to milking 13%

Shed temperament 14%

Milking speed 21%

Overall opinion 13%

Stature 37%

Capacity 22%

Rump angle 25%

Rump width 19%

Legs 7%

Udder support 20%

Front udder 20%

Rear udder 20%

Front teat placement 25%

Rear teat placemaent 28%

Udder overall 23%

Dairy confirmation 19%

HERITABILITY AND REPEATABILITY

Source: www.dairynz.co.nz/animal/animal-evaluation/interpreting-the-info/breeding-values/

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CRV Ambreed calculates the New Zealand Merit Index (NZMI), %Health

and %Efficiency on all sires as well as genomic information.

SAMPLE DATABREEDING VALUES

New Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited (NZAEL) calculates Breeding Values (BV) and Breeding Worth (BW) index using information from the sire's relatives (ancestry & progeny) and the sire's own records by comparing it to that of the Genetic Base Cow.

The genetic base cow is the average of a group of well recorded New Zealand cows (across all breeds) and is updated every five years to reflect genetic progress. BW and Breeding Values (BVs) are now expressed relative to this genetic base.

Breeding values are deviations above or below (-) the same genetic base cow (regardless of breed).

NZMI is a CRV Ambreed index, which breeds towards strong and capacious cows that are efficient producers of high value milk, with good shed traits, fertility and the udders to keep them profitably producing in the herd for longer.

Reference: www.dairynz.co.nz/animal/animal-evaluation/interpreting-the-info/genetic-base-cow/

Genomic Index Explained: www.crv4all.co.nz/other/crv-ambreed-genomic-evaluation-systems-explained/

UNDERSTANDINGNEW ZEALAND GRAPHS

Shed Traits BV BA

Adaptability Milking QUICKLY 0.32 0.03

Shed Temperament LOVELY 0.31 0.02

Milking Speed FAST 0.01 -0.02

Overall Opinion WELL-LIKED 0.37 0.12

Conformation 56 dtrs TOP

Stature TALL 0.89 1.08

Capacity CAPACIOUS 0.70 0.09

Rump Angle SLOPING 0.65 -0.01

Rump Width WIDE 0.70 0.41

Legs CURVED 0.02 -0.08

Udder Support STRONG 0.58 0.37

Front Udder STRONG 0.41 0.21

Rear Udder STRONG 0.60 0.28

Front Teat CLOSE 0.22 0.14

Rear Teat CLOSE 0.47 0.37

Udder Overall DESIRABLE 0.71 0.37

Dairy Conformation DESIRABLE 0.69 0.25

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NZMI BW / Rel OAD Long LiveWt %Health %Eff

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Breeding Indicators 85 dtrs, 27 herds

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Fertility BCS SCS Calving Diff Gest Length Res Survival

0.3 0.06 -0.04 0.7 -2.2 -113

Management & Health

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Milk (lts) Prot (kg) Prot (%) Fat (kg) Fat (%) Fat & Prot (kg)

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BREED AVERAGES (BA)

Although NZ runs an across breeds evaluation, it is still very important that we are able to ascertain which bulls (or cows) of a particular breed are good, bad or indifferent within their breed.

This can be done by using the Sire Breed Averages which are calculated by AEU. Included in the calculations are all AE Enrolled sires, that have a BW Reliability of at least 60% with 20 NZ daughters and at least one two year old daughter herd tested in the last 5 years.

The appropriate breed averages are included on every bull page in the catalogue, so this information is readily available for breeders/clients. Sire breed averages are calculated for 5 breeds - Holstein-Friesian, Jersey, Ayrshire, Friesian-Jersey cross and Other.

BETTER LIFE HEALTH (% HEALTH)

The Better Life Health (BLH) index, expressed as a percentage, indicates the bull’s progeny will have a lower rate of health incidents like mastitis, lameness, difficult births or reproductive problems.

The traits that are factored into this index for New Zealand include fertility, calving difficulty, somatic cell count, residual survival, condition score and a number of TOP values. Overall opinion, body condition score, longevity, capacity and udder overall, indirectly support an animal’s health and ease of management in the herd.

BETTER LIFE EFFICIENCY (% EFF)

The Better Life Efficiency (BLE) index supports sustainable dairy farming by helping to reduce feed costs and increasing lifetime production, resulting in a lower environmental footprint.

You can easily see the expected efficiency value of an individual sire. A higher percentage means the sire’s progeny are more efficient at converting feed to milk over the course of their productive life.

The traits included in the BLE index for New Zealand are kilos of milk, fat, protein, liveweight, longevity, and fertility.

INDEX KEY

Better Life Health (% Health)

Better Life Efficiency (%Eff)

1-4% = Improved performance

5-9% = Excellent performance

10% + = Superior performance

Compared to population average.

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BREEDING INDICATORS

This is the CRV Ambreed desired gains index. It aims to breed a productive, long-lasting (5.5 lactations) cow that will typically produce about 450 kgMS a year by balancing production, management and type traits.

LOW HIGH

NZMI

New Zealand’s economic index that ranks bulls and cows on their expected ability to breed profitable (370 kgMS/year) and efficient replacements.

LOW HIGH

BW

The total longevity breeding value is defined as the expected genetic merit of a cow to live for more (or fewer) days of herd life relative to the genetic base cow.

LOW HIGH

TOTAL LONGEVITY

The estimated liveweight of the animals is calculated using parent average and actual weighting (static only) and/or TOP score if available.

LOW HIGH

LIVEWEIGHT

The CRV Ambreed index known as Better Life Health helps you select animals that will have more or less incidences of health problems throughout their lifetime.

LOW HIGH

% HEALTH

The CRV Ambreed index known as Better Life Efficiency helps you easily see the expected efficiency value of an individual sire.

LOW HIGH

% EFFICIENCY


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PRODUCTION TRAITS

This trait measures the expected volume of milk produced by the individual and is of interest due to transport costs associated with moving milk from farms to processing plants around the country. This is why milk is valued negatively in both NZMI & BW.

LOW HIGH

MILK (LTS)

Milk protein is a component of the milk produced by cows and is the most valued output (by processors) from NZ dairy farms. It is also the single most important trait for both NZMI & BW.

LOW HIGH

PROTEIN (KG)

Milk fat is the other component of milk which is paid for by milk processors in NZ and is used in producing lower value commodities such as butter.

LOW HIGH

FAT (KG)

Fat % BV & PRO% BV

The Fat % and Protein % are Breeding Value estimates. The Breeding Values for Fat % and Protein % are not expressed as deviations but include the base averages (2005 born cows)

LOW HIGH

MILK FAT AND PROTEIN (%)


809 28 3.7 25 4.5 54

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Fertility BV refers to the expected % extra likelihood of a cow to re-calve in the first 42 days of the herds calving period.

LOW HIGH

FERTILITY

Body condition score is commonly used as a method to assess body energy reserves.

SHARP COVERED

BODY CONDITION SCORE (BCS)

Good udder health is typically reflected in low levels of somatic cell counts in milk.

NEGATIVE POSITIVE

SOMATIC CELLS SCORE (SCS)

Although the calving difficulty BV is expressed in terms of assisted births in first-calving heifers, the BV can also be used to identify bulls that are expected to increase rates of assisted calving for cows carrying the bull’s calves.

EASY DIFFICULT

CALVING DIFFICULTY

The number of days shorter or longer than the average gestation period of a dairy cow. Use this strategically to tighten your calving pattern.

SHORTER LONGER

GESTATION LENGTH

Residual survival is defined as “herd-life after accounting for the genetic effects of production, liveweight, milk, somatic cells and fertility on herd-life”.

LESS MORE

RESIDUAL SURVIVAL

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0.3 0.06 -0.04 0.7 -2.2 -113

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SHED TRAITS

A description of how soon the animal settled into the milking routine after calving specifically taking into account how many milkings before let down was spontaneous and completed without extra attention.

SLOWLY QUICKLY

ADAPTABILITY TO MILKING

The length of time from putting on the cups to when the milk flow stops or cups are taken off. Those cows that have nice silky udders (in contrast to meaty, lumpy udders) tend to be quicker milkers.

SLOW FAST

MILKING SPEED

Measures the temperament of the animal in the shed while being handled and milked. It is a different trait to adaptability to milking as it is assessed once an animal has settled into the milking routine.

GRUMPY LOVELY

SHED TEMPERAMENT

A farmer’s overall acceptance of the animal as a herd member.

POOR WELL-LIKED

OVERALL OPINION

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INDIVIDUALCOW ASSESSMENT

You will gain a first impression of an individual cow in seconds. It is of course important to look more carefully at specific attributes of the cow before cementing your opinion.

Start at the front (because that is where the action begins);

1. MUZZLE width determines how much grass can be devoured and therefore production & capacity

2. EYES (do they sparkle!!!) normally eyes will give an indication as to the health of an animal.

3. HEAD will also give a feel as to type and style.

4. SHOULDER and RIB (for bone and capacity)

5. TOPLINE and TAIL SETTING (along the top of the cow to the loin and pins)

6. UDDER, UDDER SUPPORT (ligament) and TEAT PLACEMENT.

7. Finally but by no means least LEGS AND FEET MOBILITY taking into account the terrain and the distance walked from paddock to shed.

All of this is a guideline only but gives you a starting point. The best method for assessing the cow will be to apply the industry standard method of T.O.P (Traits Other than Production) inspection, as detailed in the following pages.

TOP ASSESSMENT

Traits Other Than Production (T.O.P) has been a vital tool in the advancement of the New Zealand breeding industry since introduced in 1985. Temperament, milking speed and conformation

contribute to the overall value of any animals within a herd and any bull that transmits them.

The objective of the T.O.P system is to provide accurate and unbiased comparisons of cows and sires which provides information easily utilized. The T.O.P evaluation system is run by the T.O.P Advisory Committee which operates under the auspices of the National Animal Evaluation Board.

Because the average size of New Zealand herds has grown substantially in the last decade, and in all probability will continue this trend, it means that dairy cows have to adapt or fit into fast milking routines. The T.O.P system includes farmer traits that scores adaptability to milking, shed temperament and milking speed.

To give an example of the importance of the physical traits of dairy cows consider the following: Live weight influences overall efficiency if animals are heavier than necessary for their level of production. Udder characteristics are vital in determining easy machine milking which reduces labour costs and improves milking efficiency. Udder scores also help determine, along with other traits, how long a cow is likely to last within the herd which affects profitability.

The T.O.P assessment should paint a picture in the mind of the cow itself and not of the imagined ideal cow. This means that the accuracy and judgement of the cow traits by the T.O.P inspectors is instrumental in providing the information.

Each trait is scored separately on a scale of 1 to 9, where 1 and 9 represent the possible biological extremes. The traits included in the T.O.P system are the traits currently considered most important in dairy cattle. They include four traits scored by the farmer, and are scored separately from the T.O.P inspector traits.

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CONFORMATION - STATURE

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The height at the shoulder of the animal. This trait is measured across all breeds, resulting in all Jerseys being negative on the breeding values bar graph, Ayrshires being intermediate and Friesians being mainly positive.

SHORT TALL

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CONFORMATION - CAPACITY

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-0.5 0 1.0

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Combination of strength and depth of chest and body as viewed from side, rear and front in relation to the physical size of the cow. This is an important trait and reflects an animals feed intake ability and withstand the rigours of life.

FRAIL CAPACIOUS

CAPACITY

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CONFORMATION - RUMP ANGLE

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Describes the angle between the centre of the hip and the top of the pin bone. A negative BV indicates the cow has high pins and a positive BV indicates low pins. A flat to slightly sloping rump is optimal and is scored 5-6.

HIGH SLOPING

RUMP ANGLE

1 3 5 7 9

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CONFORMATION - RUMP WIDTH

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Distance between the most posterior point of the pin bones relative to the size of the animal. This trait is a good predictor of the width a cow has throughout her body.

NARROW WIDE

RUMP WIDTH

51 73 9

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CONFORMATION - LEGS

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Measures the angulation or ‘set’ of the rear legs and is measured from an imaginary line between thurls and mid-hoof while the cow is walking. A low score indicates a straight leg, whilst a high score indicates a sickled or curved leg set. A score close to 5-6 is considered ideal.

STRAIGHT CURVED

LEGS

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CONFORMATION - UDDER SUPPORT

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This trait describes the strength of the suspensory ligament as viewed from the rear. It also includes the udder depth relative to the hocks . Udder support is a very important trait in determining the number of lactations a cow’s udder will survive.

WEAK STRONG

UDDER SUPPORT

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CONFORMATION - FRONT UDDER

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Measures the strength of attachment of the fore udder to the body wall.

LOOSE STRONG

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CONFORMATION - REAR UDDER

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Describes the height and width of the rear udder attachment as distinct from udder support.

LOOSE STRONG

REAR UDDER

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CONFORMATION - FRONT TEAT

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The placement of the front teats (at the point of attachment to the udder) relative to the centre of the quarters. A low score indicates wide front teats whilst a high score indicates close front teats.

WIDE CLOSE

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CONFORMATION - REAR TEAT

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-0.5 0 1.0

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The placement of the rear teats (at the point of attachment to the udder) relative to the centre of the quarters. A low score indicates wide rear teats whilst a high score is close and 5 is central.

WIDE CLOSE

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CONFORMATION - UDDER OVERALL

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The inspector gives an overall score of the udder including any other udder traits not measured before. Udder overall score can be used to simply compare the overall udder standard of bull daughters.

UNDESIRABLE DESIRABLE

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CONFORMATION - DAIRY CONFORMATION

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An overall conformation score combining all traits except udder traits. Dairy conformation is a useful trait for simply comparing animals for dairy type.

UNDESIRABLE DESIRABLE

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CVM/BLAD/CIT/SCS

Within the New Zealand Dairy population, there are four genetic defects identified that have a financial impact on the industry.

These are found within the Holstein-Friesian breed and include; Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM), Bovine Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (BLAD), Citrullinemia (Cit) and Small Calf Syndrome (SCS).

As technology improves, so will the likelihood of further genetic defects being discovered.

The most severe outcome of all these defects is calf mortality resulting from mating a carrier sire with a carrier female, these matings have a 25% chance of the calf expressing the defect.

We have used DNA testing to detect the genetic status in young bulls to be progeny tested. Those found to be carriers of defects have not been included in CRV’s programme. By not selecting these young sires, we will eliminate these defects reasonably quickly from the population.

Use of mating programs like CRV’s SireMatch will ensure that high genetic merit sires that carry recessive genes can be used safely within herds,

as the programme will avoid the mating of a carrier sire with a carrier female by exploring and detecting pedigrees that have possible mating conflicts.

INBREEDING

The mating between animals that are more closely related than the average relationship in the breed. In common usage, inbreeding refers to matings between close relatives, such as father to daughter, brother to sister, and half-brother to half-sister. Planned breeding programs often use this strategy of breeding to concentrate desired genes in the breeding stock, and fix a “type”, or “look”. It is a process that exposes both the good and bad qualities in the stock.

Inbreeding does not create undesirable recessive genes, but it does tend to bring to light these unfavorable genetics.

It is however, up to your individual level of acceptance.

GENETICDEFECTS

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PEDIGREE STATUSEXPLANATION

PEDIGREE INFORMATION IN THE CATALOGUE

All bulls marketed in the catalogue on a half page spread have their pedigree (family) information displayed in the same way; their Sire (father), Dam (mother), PGSire (Paternal Grand-Sire), PGDam (Paternal Grand-Dam, MGSire (Maternal Grand-Sire), MGDam (Maternal Grand-Dam), listed in the bulls page of the catalogue:

These parts of a bull’s family are used in the catalogue to ensure breeders/clients have enough pedigree information to avoid inbreeding where necessary.

SIRE: MACFARLANES DAUNTLESS

PGSire: MACFARLANES DAUNTLESS

MGSire: GLENMEAD R E HOLIDAY-ETDAM: CULGLEN HOLIDAY BALI S3F GP84

PGDam: MACFARLANES DAYZEE

MGDam: CULGLEN HRATIO BLACKI S2F GP82

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS:In Holstein-Friesians the suffixes indicating supplementary register and/or pedigree status are as follows:

S0F = 50% or minimum breed make-up F8S1F = 75% or F12S2F = 87.5% or F14S3F = 93.75% or F15Pedigree (no suffix) = >96% or F16

JERSEYS:In Jerseys animals are able to be registered from minimum breed make-up J1 and upwards. The suffixes indicating supplementary register and/or pedigree status are as follows:

S0J = minimum breed content J1 S1J = J12S2J = J14S3J = J15Pedigree (no suffix) = J16

PEDIGREE STATUS EXPLANATION

Animals registered with a breed association may belong to either Main Herd book (full pedigree) or Supplementary Register. Full pedigree status is indicated by pedigree name and REGISTERED ‘BREED’ appearing top left on a Three Generation Pedigree (3GP). If an animal is supplementary registered a suffix indicating status will follow the animal’s name.

Full pedigree animals (P) must have breed make-up F16 (Holstein-Friesians) or J16 (Jerseys) and at least four generations registered pedigree sires behind them. Animals not fitting this enter Supplementary Register depending on number of registered pedigree ancestors and respective breed content as recorded on database. Subsequent generations sired by registered pedigree bulls progress through the system until reaching Main Herd Book full pedigree status.

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