PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 15, 2007 — With the release of May 14 genetic evaluations, Select Sires graduates 15 Holstein sires, including eight type specialists that score +2.70 or better for PTA Type, all ranking among Select’s top-20.
"At Select Sires, we acknowledge that positive type traits correlate to the longer life of a cow," said Blaine Crosser, vice president of dairy sire product line and sales management for Select Sires. "Today’s dairy producers demand type that lasts in their herds and we make that a top priority when selecting new graduates. This new class includes a special group of high-type sires that have the udders and feet and legs to last longer and generate more profit."
PRONTO: Get Type from the Pala Family
7HO8175 Windy-Knoll-View PRONTO-ET debuts at an impressive +3.20 Type (77% Rel.) and +2.06 Udder Composite. Hailing from the famous Pala family, his dam is Windy-Knoll-View Promis-ET (EX-95-2E-EX-MS-DOM), the reserve All-American 5-year-old in 2003. PRONTO has two full-sisters classified Excellent, one of which was named reserve grand champion at the 2007 New York Spring National Show. PRONTO stands second among Select’s lineup for TPI™ at +1928. He excels in health traits at +5.1 Productive Life (53% Rel.) and +2.0 Daughter Pregnancy Rate (50% Rel.) and carries the Herdlife Builder™ and HealthMark™ designations.
BW MARSHALL Sons Continue to Impress on Select’s Lineup
7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET sons 7HO7858 Rauscher Mars 999-GRAND-ET and 7HO7838 GLEN-Valley BW Captain-ET enter Select’s proven lineup as type specialists. At +3.01 Type (79% Rel.), GRAND ranks among Select’s top-10 for both Foot and Leg Composite (+2.72) and UDC (+2.32). He is a total performance improver at +1703 TPI and transmits positive yields at +1,583 Milk (87% Rel.). GRAND is a Herdlife Builder and Superior Settler™ and reduces calving difficulty at 7% CE (86% Rel.). GLEN possesses many of the same impressive qualities at +2.88 Type (81% Rel.). He is dubbed a Superior Settler and calving-ease sire at 7% CE (72% Rel.). GLEN ranks among Select’s top-20 for TPI at +1705 and is an udder specialist at +2.33 UDC, particularly improving rear udder height (+3.20) and rear udder width (+3.44). GLEN also offers high components at +0.6% Fat and +0.3% Protein (87% Rel.).
Transmitting Type in the Image of DURHAM
7HO7451 Velvet-View-KJ SENSATION-ET and 7HO7676 Vital-I Durham LEWIS-ET are type-improving sons of 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET. At +2.86 Type (86% Rel.), SENSATION stands among Select’s top-10 for UDC (+2.27) and FLC (+2.38). SENSATION is backed by four generations of Excellent, high-component dams. A former Super Sampler™, SENSATION has 196 daughters in 124 herds in his production data, resulting in 93% Reliability. He also enhances frame traits at +3.21 BD. LEWIS sires the show-winning kind, coming from an Excellent (96-2E-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) dam. At +2.79 Type (82% Rel.), his Excellent (95-2E-EX-MS) 7HO4213 Robthom INTEGRITY-ET maternal sister was grand champion at the 2006 Illinois State Show. LEWIS is designated a HealthMark sire and Herdlife Builder. This former Super Sampler tops Select’s lineup for strength (+3.21) and body depth (+2.95).
Introducing ZANDER, the High-Type DERRY Son
7HO7690 Ocean-View Derry ZANDER is a line-bred 7HO6131 Regancrest Emory DERRY-ET son out of Ocean-View Durham Zandra-ET (EX-91-EX-MS), a full sister to 7HO6782 Ocean-View ZENITH-TW-ET. At +2.75 Type (86% Rel.), ZANDER is an udder specialist at +2.02 UDC, particularly improving udder depth (+2.68), rear teat placement (+.15) and udder cleft (+2.03). With 246 daughters in 156 herds, he is highly reliable and transmits positive components (+.01% P +.11% F 93% Rel.).
Outcross Type Specialists
A Herdlife Builder, 7HO7769 Morningview ALTON-ET impresses at +2.71 Type (82% Rel.). ALTON is No. 1 among Select’s lineup for UDC (+2.65), specializing in fore udder attachment (+3.29) and udder depth (+3.02). ALTON has a unique sire stack (Riglio Juror Capri-ET x Shen-Val NV LM Formation-ET) to complement today’s prevalent DURHAM and BW MARSHALL bloodlines.
Another high-type, outcross sire, 7HO7629 Melarry Inquirer FINAL offers health traits (+2.8 PL 51% Rel.) and calving ease (7% CE 71% Rel.). At +2.81 Type (78% Rel.), FINAL has good components (+.02% P +.05%F 82% Rel.). He is sired by Summershade Inquirer-ET out of a Very Good (88) Olmo Prelude Tugolo. FINAL should work well on daughters of 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET, 7HO6349 Hidden-View BEST and 7HO6682 B-Hiddenhills Mar MARMAX-ET.
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.
