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Are you ready for change? Although it's not a new concept, Polled genetics may have a greater role of importance as we embrace new animal welfare standards. Leveraging Polled genetics offers opportunity to reduce costs, time spent training employees and avoid lulls in calf growth.

 

The Power of Polled Genetics

Are you ready for change? Although it’s not a new concept, Polled genetics may have a greater role of importance as we embrace new animal welfare standards.

 

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A Global Perspective on Disbudding

Polled genetics are being encouraged globally through the implementation of new animal welfare practices and standards. While new to the United States, requirement of anesthesia has already been mandatory for animals over six weeks of age in Germany for over a decade through the Animal Welfare Act (2010).

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Leveraging Polled Genetics as a

Management Tool

Calves are known to have periods of stress following disbudding where reduced consumption of feed and sluggish behavior occurs. Leveraging Polled genetics provides an opportunity to remove this period of stress and allows developing calves to continue growth without lulls.

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Avoid Standstills in your Genetic Advancement

With Select Sires' current Polled genetic offering you can add the Polled gene to your herd without losing sight of other genetic targets. The available Polled sires have been developed with herd improvement in mind and many rank well in comparison to non-Polled options for indexes such as Herd Health Profit Dollars® (HHP$® ).

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HOLSTEIN
NAAB / Short Name HHP$®
7HO14694 BANJO-P+$480
7HO16099 AMEN-PP+$379
7HO16103 CHEW-P+$576
7HO16387 HANX-P+$365
7HO16493 HAKAN-P+$117
7HO17101 KARMA-PP+$209
7HO17158 HOLY-P+$671
7HO17162 HALIANT-P+$304
7HO17255 REVERIE-P+$715
7HO17365 SOETEBIER-P+$920
7HO17370 SNOWHARE-PP+$740
7HO17501 MOSELY-P+$787
7HO17668 EIGHT BALL-P+$900
7HO17798 TABASCO-P+$427
7HO17938 ROCKY RC-P+$726
7HO17952 MICKAEL-P+$817
7HO18035 OVERDRIVE-P+$859
7HO18058 LACKING-P+$693
7HO18096 RONAN-P+$936
7HO18097 MATTHIAS-P+$932
7HO18101 CHRISTOFF-P+$898
7HO18135 YUMA-PP+$784
7HO18136 YORION-P+$846
7HO18174 HARRIS-P+$939
7HO18190 LASER-P+$722
7HO18191 FLEX-PP+$704
7HO18219 PAMEX-P+$489
7HO18223 PATEL-P+$823
7HO18230 HOOLIGAN-P+$853
7HO18260 HOPKINS-P+$842
7HO18266 OAKHA-PP+$646
7HO18408 OAKRIDGE-PP+$689
9HO18011 JENS-P-S+$592
14HO17016 PAGE-PP+$631
14HO17204 TWISTED-P+$966
14HO17533 AZUL-P+$1,031
14HO18061 TONADO-P+$845
14HO18199 LAUGH-P+$1,023
14HO18231 DOSPOLL-PP+$875
14HO18371 HOMAGE-P+$999
250HO16801 ALLGONE-PP+$627
250HO17009 HOWLAND-P+$878
250HO17075 AKSHAY-P+$711
250HO17146 POWERPOLLED-PP-RED+$507
250HO17152 CRUZ-PP+$539
250HO17297 HANTASTIC-P+$401
250HO17298 HABULOUS-P+$740
250HO17560 PARIAN-P+$314
250HO17699 PRACISE RC-P-$15
250HO17979 PALISAIDE-P+$656
250HO18059 RAMPITUP-P-RED+$369
250HO18204 LEYSURELY PP+$342
250HO18206 LOOSEM-PP+$695
250HO18208 BEEGONE-PP+$771
250HO18259 HOSTENS-P*+$933
250HO18261 PEACHTOWN-P+$896
250HO18354 OFFER-P+$718
250HO18358 CRYPTO PP+$475
250HO18368 WILCOX-P+$983
507HO18401 MVP-P+$1.039
550HO18402 HI-BALLER-P+$990
744HO17072 HERITAGE-P+$12
744HO17073 HAZARD-PP+$9
744HO17422 KINGME-P+$47
744HO18394 ENRICH-P+$196

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JERSEY
BROWN SWISS
NAAB / Short Name GPPR
9BS950 JAXSON P+100
9BS956 SWEET SOX P+137
9BS959 DARKSTONE P+106
ayrshire
NAAB / Short Name GPTI
9AY150 O'REILLY-P+404
9AY157 O'ROURKE-P+391
guernsey
NAAB / Short Name GPTI
2GU147 KAMIKAZE-P+54
6GU130 SPARTA-P+61
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