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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+$530
7HO16099 AMEN-PP+$458
7HO16103 CHEW-P+$596
7HO16387 HANX-P+$323
7HO17158 HOLY-P+$692
7HO17255 REVERIE-P+$724
7HO17365 SOETEBIER-P+$964
7HO17668 EIGHT BALL-P+$916
7HO17798 TABASCO-P+$502
7HO17938 ROCKY RC-P+$765
7HO17952 MICKAEL-P+$804
7HO18035 OVERDRIVE-P+$940
7HO18058 LACKING-P+$790
7HO18096 RONAN-P+$992
7HO18097 MATTHIAS-P+$1,015
7HO18101 CHRISTOFF-P+$971
7HO18135 YUMA-PP+$854
7HO18136 YORION-P+$925
7HO18162 CORMAC-P+$1,070
7HO18170 ARENA-PP+$951
7HO18174 HARRIS-P+$1,006
7HO18190 LASER-P+$728
7HO18191 FLEX-PP+$714
7HO18219 PAMEX-P+$511
7HO18223 PATEL-P+$941
7HO18230 HOOLIGAN-P+$953
7HO18260 HOPKINS-P+$948
7HO18266 OAKHA-PP+$689
7HO18283 VINCENT-P+$921
7HO18298 INERTIA-P+$1,021
7HO18320 GRYFFINDOR-P+$972
7HO18350 QUICKTRIP-PP+$853
7HO18350 MOMONEYP-RED+$632
7HO18403 HI-KOOP-P*+$1,102
7HO18408 OAKRIDGE-PP+$742
7HO18409 OUTLAW-P+$534
7HO18507 SOURCE-PP+$812
7HO18519 ACHY-BREAKY-PP+$838
7HO18571 HARTFELT-P+$1,030
9HO18011 JENS-P-S+$655
14HO17016 PAGE-PP+$625
14HO17204 TWISTED-P+$1,023
14HO17533 AZUL-P+$1,064
14HO18061 TONADO-P+$885
14HO18199 LAUGH-P*+$1,045
14HO18231 DOSPOLL-PP+$951
14HO18243 INFO-P+$1,136
14HO18244 DUNGEN-P+$999
14HO18272 SCALLION-PP+$783
14HO18371 HOMAGE-P+$1,067
250HO16801 ALLGONE-PP+$664
250HO17009 HOWLAND-P+$915
250HO17146 POWERPOLLED-PP-RED+$639
250HO17152 CRUZ-PP+$610
250HO17297 HANTASTIC-P+$426
250HO17298 HABULOUS-P+$818
250HO17560 PARIAN-P+$323
250HO17979 PALISAIDE-P+$711
250HO18059 RAMPITUP-P-RED+$446
250HO18204 LEYSURELY PP+$438
250HO18206 LOOSEM-PP+$695
250HO18208 BEEGONE-PP+$818
250HO18242 NORMALITY-PP+$702
250HO18259 HOSTENS-P+$943
250HO18261 PEACHTOWN-P+$943
250HO18305 JUNEAU-P+$953
250HO18335 DELANO-P+$1,108
250HO18354 OFFER-P+$804
250HO18356 GOLDEN-P*+$1,104
250HO18358 CRYPTO PP+$522
250HO18368 WILCOX-P+$1,021
250HO18427 VROMANS-PP+$702
507HO18401 MVP-P+$1,128
550HO18402 HI-BALLER-P*+$1,027
744HO17072 HERITAGE-P+$90
744HO17073 HAZARD-PP+$1
744HO17422 KINGME-P+$37
744HO18394 ENRICH-P+$173

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ayrshire
NAAB / Short Name GPTI
9AY150 O'REILLY-P+404
9AY157 O'ROURKE-P+385
guernsey
NAAB / Short Name GPTI
6GU130 SPARTA-P+35
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