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ZENITH and ROSS Added to Select’s gender SELECTed Lineup



PLAIN CITY, Ohio, July 8, 2008 — 7HO6782 Ocean-View ZENITH-TW-ET and 7HO7653 Plain-O Durham ROSS-331-ET now have gender SELECTed™ semen available exclusively from Select Sires.

“Select Sires continues to offer the largest gender SELECTed lineup with the most elite sires available,” said Blaine Crosser, vice president of dairy sire product line and sales management for Select Sires. “The addition of ZENITH and ROSS strengthens our sexing program even further by making available these highly in-demand sires.”

ZENITH is a second-crop success that carries the HealthMark™ and calving-ease designations (7% CE). Striking ZENITH calves transform into beautiful cows that are clean boned and exhibit near-perfect udders with wide, flat rumps. This 7HO5157 Regancrest Elton DURHAM-ET*CV son transmits elite components (+.04%P and +.09%F) and is an excellent choice for daughters of 7HO5708 Fustead Emory BLITZ-ET and 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET.

Also a DURHAM son, ROSS is the No. 4 conformation sire in Canada. At +3.22 Type, he stands among the top-10 at Select. ROSS daughters are balanced with beautiful udders, wide rumps, tall, open frames and functional feet and legs. He offers positive components (+.06%P and +.03%F) and low Somatic Cell Score (2.87).

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.

Source: 04/08 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull, Canadian Dairy Network and Holstein Association USA. 04/08 Rel.: ZENITH CE 99%, Interbull/USDA 88%; ROSS Interbull/USA Type 69%, Interbull/USDA 85%, SCS 77%

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