SELECTIONS - Winter 2002
BULLetin BOARD
MOE Tested Free of CVM
In December, 7HO5442 Muranda Mandel MOE-ET*TV was declared
free of the genetic recessive Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM).
This gene-based test result supersedes an earlier result that declared
MOE a carrier. Select Sires worked closely with the laboratory to
understand the varied test results. An in-depth investigatin identified
that the original sample somehow had been contaminated. Select Sires
continues to have confidence in the accuracy of the gene-based diagnostic
test for CVM.
SMS Helps Manage Recessives
The key to controlling genetic recessives, including CVM, is to avoid
carrier-to-carrier matings. Select Mating Service, a value-added service
available to customers, is a convenient tool to help avoid CVM and other
genetic conditions that can come from high levels of inbreeding. That’s
one of the reasons why the highly trained SMS professionals continue to
evaluate and mate more animals than any other organization. In North
America alone SMS provided more than 2.3 million mating recommendations in 2001.
MATHIE Daughter Has 49,899M
A MATHIE daughter recently finished a lactation that was just 101 pounds
shy of the 50,000-pound mark. Owned by the Lamb family, Cedar Springs Farm,
Rochelle, Va., and managed the same as her herdmates in this 560-cow herd,
she has these credentials: 4-10 365d 3X 49,899M 1,574F 1,386P.
Another Excellent CENTURION
Eric Hill, Corfu, N.Y., reports that Meri-Acres Centurion Mickey, a daughter
of 7JE329 Sooner CENTURION-ET, is now Excellent (90).
INTEGRITY Daughter Is High-Seller
Idee Lustre (VG-89) made headlines at the Stanhope-Wedgwood Sale
that took place in Guelph, Ontario, last November by selling for
$173,000(CDN) to Ehrhardt Farms, Baldwin, Md. This sale topper,
sired by INTEGRITY, was grand champion at the 2001 British Columbia
Spring Show and 2001 Calgary Dairy Classic after being named
All-Canadian and Reserve All-American 3-Year-Old in 2000.
Two EMERSON Daughters Sell for Total of $80,000
Two EMERSON*BL daughters helped the average of the Granduc Holsteins Dispersal
in Beauharnois, Quebec, in October. Granduc Jessica Emerson-ET and Granduc
Judy Emerson-ET sold for $40,000 (CDN) each as heifers to Ferme Charpentier,
Sawyerville, Quebec.
High-Scoring Daughters by Select Sires Veterans
After completing a second-lactation record of 41,523M 1,688F 1,445P, GG Patron
Saint scored Excel- lent (92) with a 94-point mammary system and 92-point score
for feet and legs. This 9HO1729 Brabant Star PATRON-ET*TV daughter is owned by
Steve Gerlach, Toledo, Iowa.
Savage-Leigh Farm, Knoxville, Md., recently classified, with a 7HO4164 Second-Look
JOLT*TV daughter, Savage-Leigh Daffodil-ET, going Excellent (93). Sired by
ENCORE, Budjon-JK Enc Expose scored Very Good (89) with an Excellent mammary
system as a first-calf heifer.
Lifetime Semen Production
By year’s end, MATHIE had become the world leader in lifetime production of
frozen semen, with 1,292,057 units produced. He is second in total (frozen
and unfrozen) straws produced. Second in the world for frozen-semen production
is INTEGRITY, who had produced 1,125,944 by Dec. 31. He ranks sixth for total
(frozen and unfrozen) straw production.
INTEGRITY Daughters
This striking lineup of INTEGRITY daughters is owned by
Tom and Hugh Neilson of East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland.
(L-R) Brackenridge Integrity AS Kath ET (GP-84), 3-8 283d 22,119M 4.2%F;
Brackenridge Integrity Kathy ET (VG-86), 3-7 305d 19,866M 4.0%F;
Brackenridge Integrity AS Kathy ET (VG-87), 3-7 305d 23,124M 3.6%F;
Brackenridge Integrity Marcel (VG-87), 3-8 305d 23,910M 3.7%F;
Brackenridge Integrity Karen (VG-86), 3-3 305d 23,241M 3.5%F;
Wyevalley Rosine Ivory (VG-88), 4-5 305d 24,092M 4.6%F;
Brackenridge Integrity Gillian (VG-88), 3-5 305d 22,378M 3.5%.
Photo by Jane Steel
Now 95 Points
Ladys-Manor Elly-Mae, a 7HO3257 HIGHLIGHT Mr Mark CINDER-ET*TV daughter
owned by Robert E. Smith, Ladys-Manor Farm, Monkton, Md., is now Excellent
(95) after being evaluated by committee. She has lifetime production of
more than 150,000 pounds of milk, including 4-6 365d 37,895M 1,365F 1,150P.
DILLON Daughters with VG Udders
Two 7HO5891 Ricecrest DILLON-ET*TV daughters owned by Donald Caldwell,
Saegertown, Pa., had 86-point udders when recently classified. Lu-Jado
Dillon Morgan is now Very Good (85) and Lu-Jado Dillon Lyric is Good Plus (83).
High-Selling Cow by BARBER
Williams Impressive Idea-ET (EX-90) was the highest-selling female at
the All American Jersey Sale in Louisville, Ky., after being named premier
performance cow of the National Jersey Jug Futurity earlier that day.
Henry Beneke and Peter Vail, Millerton, N.Y., purchased her from the
Gold Dust Syndicate, Newberry, S.C. She is sired by
7JE290 WF/L&M Duncan BARBER-ET.
WINCHESTER Daughter Tops Sale
At the Art-Acres Sale in Hagers-town, Md., in November, a 2-year-old daughter
of 7HO4637 Ladys-Manor WINCHESTER-ET*TV sold for $19,500 to Tom Priest and
Tom Merucro, Green Castle, Pa. Her dam is a Very Good (87) PATRON daughter,
who is a full sister to 9HO2448 Art-Acres Patron SPOCK-ET*TV. Bred by
Arthur Rhoderick, SPOCK graduated into active-A.I. service in November.
Longevity and Production
A 7HO543 Carlin-M Ivanhoe BELL*CV daughter leads the list of living lifetime
milk producers, according to the December issue of Midwest DairyBusiness.
Koepke K0017229-1660, a 15-year-old owned by Koepke Farms, Oconomowoc, Wis.,
has produced 394,609 pounds of milk and 13,182 pounds of fat. Third on the
list is Harmony-Ho Mark Petrina, a 12-year-old 7HO980 Walkway Chief MARK
daughter who has produced 360, 829 pounds of milk and 11,300 pounds of fat
for Harmony-Ho Holsteins, Stradtford, Wis.
Select Genetics at N.Y. ET Sale
Bidding was brisk for EMERSON, CENTURION, WINCHESTER, 7HO6131 Regancrest
Emory DERRY-ET*TV, 7HO5708 Fustead Emory BLITZ-ET*TV and 7HO5710 Pagen-Ernwood
DANE-ET*TV genetics at the New York ET Convention Sale, Utica, N.Y. A first-choice
female from Whittier-Farms Winch Cel-ET sold for $6,100 to Jeff Henschel,
Wisconsin, while Dan and Doug Stella, LeRoy, N.Y., purchased another WINCHESTER,
Muranda Win Milly-ET, for $6,000 from Tom and Nancy Murray, Waterloo, N.Y.
Select-Sired Guernseys Do Well
Three of the four top-selling consignments to the International Guernsey Classic
at World Dairy Expo were Select-sired. Four Winds Picture Perfect, sired by
7GU302 Rozelyn Pat Mar P GOLIATH-ET and consigned by Tim Vilter, Hartland, Wis.,
sold for $4,500 to Engelman Farm, Jansen, Neb. Jon Lantz, Ellsworth, Wis.,
consigned a 7GU360 Trotacre Loral TILLER-ET daughter, Lantz Farm Tiller Icy,
that brought $4,400 from Spring Walk Farm, Big Prairie, Ohio. For $4,100
Todd Moore, Plano, Texas, purchased Mapleburst Valiant Rita, a 9GU134 Tamaracks
Perfectos VALIANT-ET daughter consigned by K.A. Forster, Lynden, Ontario.
MARSHALL Influence Continues
The breeder of 7HO5375 Mara-Thon BW MARSHALL-ET*TV, Brian Brunick, McBain, Mich.,
reports that B-Hiddenhills Mar Marlee-ET - a MARSHALL daughter - is Very Good (85)
in her first lactation. A full sister to 7HO6682 B-Hiddenhills Mar MARMAX-ET*TV,
she also is Very Good for mammary system, and for feet and legs.
Another first-calf MARSHALL daughter Brunick bred was purchased as a calf by
Darwin Sneller, Sebe-waing, Mich., and just was classified Good Plus (83)
with an 86-point mammary system.
1 Million Cows in PGA Herds
Now that herds previously on Sire Power’s Genetic Opportunity for Leading
Dairymen (GOLD) program have converted to Select’s PGA, 1.02 million cows
are in PGA herds in the United States and Puerto Rico. A total of 4,658 herds
representing five breeds participate in this, the industry’s largest
progeny-testing program.
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