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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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BROWN SWISS
NAAB / Short Name GPPR
9BS933 SLIM SHADY PP+121
9BS942 SAIGON P+138
9BS950 JAXSON P+169
ayrshire
NAAB / Short Name GPTI
9AY150 O'REILLY-P+454
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NAAB / Short Name GPTI
6GU130 SPARTA-P+88
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NAAB / Short Name CFP
7XD14 UR JOE {0}-PP+106