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ABS SIRES RANK HIGH IN ITALY
DEFOREST, WISCONSIN -October 21, 2005 – ABS Global Second Crop Success would best describe the recent release of Italy’s Fall Sire Summary data. ABS' Rock Solid® Reliability is strongly evidenced with six of the 12 ABS sires on the Top 100 PFT list being Second Crop Sires. This release also launches an exciting high type graduate for ABS. "We are very pleased with the results of the Fall Sire Summary," said Pierpaolo Dordoni, General Manager of ABS Italia. "ABS has a superior program and the proof is in our Second Crop Success and our outstanding new graduates." ABS has the finest type bull in Italy with newly released 29HO10735 Gea Aaron SHEVA ET TV. He is an AARON x Patron VG-88 x Aerostar VG-88 son and the number one bull for Feet and Legs and number two for Type. SHEVA has 112 daughters in 85 herds so there is no questioning his Rock Solid status. SHEVA is also +2.68 for udders making him number three in the breed. Calving Ease Specialist 29HO9155 Glen-Toctin PIPPEN and Udder Specialist 29HO9138 Rose-Baum TABOO reconfirmed their ABS Diamond status ranking an impressive sixth and seventh respectively on the Top 100 PFT List. Both bulls will be very popular with Italian dairy producers this fall. The exciting Rudolph x Mark son, 29HO10032 Castelverde Rudolph SASSY maintained his elite genetic status. His dam known throughout Italy is Castelverde Chief Mark Susy EX 97. 29HO9235 Cerettese ZIDANE ET TV TL GM, with 2,600 daughters, continues to improve with each sire summary. He is a globally popular Diamond Sire. Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services and technologies. Marketing in more than 70 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is part of Genus Breeding, a division of Genus plc.
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