Select Sires Releases
Its First Proven DURHAM Son
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2004 — On August 9 Select Sires introduced its first proven son of 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET*CV into active-A.I. service - 7HO6761 Creek Durham SHANE-ET*CV. This follows the quarterly release of official dairy-sire evaluations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA.
"Early in his A.I. career, DURHAM established himself as one of the premier sires in the Holstein breed," says Chuck Sattler, Vice President-Genetic Programs, Select Sires. "He was stamping a very consistent type pattern and the Dellia cow family was generating great results, so we capitalized on these proven genetics by sampling more DURHAM sons than any other A.I. organization through the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™). That being said, SHANE is just the beginning of an exciting new generation of high-performance sires from Select Sires."
New Graduates Trace Back to the Dellia Family
Starting his A.I. career as the third-highest type sire at Select Sires at +2.54 Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type (PTAT), SHANE is following his sire's blueprint for fancy udders with a +2.28 Udder Composite (UC) and Standard Transmitting Ability (STA) values in excess of +2.00 on all udder attachments. His daughters are very tall (2.78T), with plenty of strength (1.29S) and body depth (1.75D). At 92% Reliability (227 daughters in 152 herds), this SUPER SAMPLER™ is the most widely sampled DURHAM son in active A.I. With Snow-N Denises Dellia (EX-95-2E-GMD-DOM) on the paternal side of the pedigree and two Excellent dams with over 40,000 pounds of milk on the maternal side, SHANE is destined for greatness.
7HO6759 Regancrest-Be Mto MORGAN-ET*TV, one of Select Sires' first proven sons of Carol Prelude MTOTO-ET, is out of a Very Good (89) Emprise Bell ELTON daughter that traces back to Dellia. As his pedigree suggests, MORGAN sires a balance of high components coupled with very pleasing type, generating PTAs of +1,110M +.00%F +41F +.02%P +37P +1.56T +1.59UC +1.57 Feet-and-Legs Composite (FLC) (81% Rel.) and a low Somatic Cell Score (SCS) of +2.82 (71% Rel.). A former SUPER SAMPLER, MORGAN graduates at 89% yield reliability with136 daughters in 93 herds. His progeny are moderately tall with plenty of strength, good mobility and a strong fore-udder attachment.
With a +1574 Type-Production Index (TPI™) (81% Rel.), 7HO6624 Creek Amel DARNEL-ET is among the Holstein Association's Top-100 TPI sires on his initial summary. He is a high milk (+1,795 PTAM) 7HO4985 Out-Jock Choice AMEL-ET son from two generations of 40,000 pound dams, the second being an Excellent (91) Rothrock Tradition LEADMAN daughter out of Dellia. DARNEL complements sound production with a low 2.94 SCS (62% Rel.) and a strong +1.93 PTAT (79% Rel.). He writes a great linear with STA values as high as 3.00H on rear udder height and an ideal combination of strength and dairy form.
High Production Sires from Great Cow Families
7HO6642 Ocean-View Emory STANE-TW*TV could be the last proven 7HO3948 MJR Blackstar EMORY-ET son to graduate into active-A.I. service. STANE combines the high production and elite type of the Ocean-View Lindy Sheen (EX-94-DOM) cow family with the great frames, production and strength of EMORY. The first young sire to graduate from Canada's PGA program, this SUPERIOR SETTLER™ enters the market at 86% yield traits reliability with a balanced genetic package of +1,927 PTAM-M and +1.56 PTAT-M with high STAs for stature +2.18T, strength +1.97S and rump width +2.52W.
Touting a low calving-ease score of 7 percent difficult births and a SUPERIOR SETTLER, 7HO6512 O-Bee Winchester CLASSIC-ET*TV will be a popular choice to use on heifers that need a production boost. He is a 7HO4637 Ladys-Manor WINCHESTER-ET son as well as a maternal brother to 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET (O MAN), the No. 1 TPI and Net Merit Dollar (NM$) sire in the industry. With an initial yield reliability of 90%, CLASSIC is a reliable choice in all milk markets with Interbull production and type summaries generating PTAs at +1,433M +.04%F +61F +.03%P +50P +1527 TPI-M +494 NM$ +507 Cheese Merit Dollars +469 Fluid Merit Dollars.
August 2004 Sire Evaluations Readily Available
For easy access to complete information on all nine August graduates, producers can visit www.selectsires.com. They also can contact the Select Sires representative nearest them for details on how to incorporate these genetics into their breeding programs.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc., is North America's largest A.I. organization and is comprised of 10 farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying livestock breeders with America's best genetics at a reasonable price.
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