Select Sires

NATHAN and BLITZ JINTX
Awarded Gold Medal Honors

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Mar. 13, 2007 — The Holstein Association USA Inc., Brattleboro, Vt., recently awarded the Gold Medal Sire designation to 7HO7313 Springhill-OH NATHAN-ET and new release 7HO7560 Zimmerview BLITZ JINTX-ET based on their outstanding merits.

The Gold Medal Sire designation is given in recognition of superior type and production of their officially tested and classified offspring. To qualify, bulls must exceed a specified level for Type-Production Index™ (TPI™), have a minimum reliability of 90 percent for their Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) for Fat and for Type and they must be free of any recognized undesirable genetic defect.

NATHAN is a 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET son that specializes in calving ease (7% CE 85% Rel.). At +1679 TPI, NATHAN ranks among Select’s top-20. He also carries the new HealthMark™ designation, which indicates sires with increased profitability based on health traits. NATHAN is also available on the gender SELECTed™ lineup.

Topping Select’s lineup for Milk and standing third in the breed at +2,610 (95% Rel.) is BLITZ JINTX. He is the first son of 7HO5708 Fustead Emory BLITZ-ET to surpass his sire for milk production. With 312 daughters in 162 herds, this new release and udder improver (+1.52 UDC 90% Rel.) is highly reliable. BLITZ JINTX is also 8% for Calving Ease (88% Rel.).

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 dairy and beef producers with North America’s best genetics at a reasonable price.

™Type Production Index and TPI are trademarks of Holstein Association USA.
™HealthMark and gender SELECTed are trademarks of Select Sires Inc.

Select Sires Inc., 11740 U.S. 42 North, Plain City, Ohio 43064 / Phone: (614) 873-4683 Fax: (614) 873-5751