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ABS ADDS TWO GLOBAL FAVORITES TO THE LINE-UP
DEFOREST, WISCONSIN - November 22, 2005 - ABS Global added two globally proven Holstein sires, from the United Kingdom 29HO10462 Moet NANSEN-ET and from Italy 29HO10735 Gea Aaron SHEVA-ET, to the active sire line-up following the release of new sire summary data on Monday, November 14. "These two internationally bred and proven sires strengthen ABS' global marketing appeal," stated Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. "NANSEN and SHEVA are already two of the most popular bulls in their countries of origin, and now they have become a strong part of ABS’ global product offering." Global appeal certainly describes the new Genus Moet-bred bull, NANSEN. His sire, Tugolo, was bred in Italy and is recognized as one of the all-time fat leaders with 25,000 daughters and is +88 Fat. He is also a maternal half brother to ABS great 29HO0268 TOLDO. NANSEN's Maternal Grand Sire, Gibbon, remains one of the breed’s finest SOUTHWIND sons. NANSEN is from the MOET Gibbon Cadet cow family, known for consistently breeding cows with high producer satisfaction and longevity. NANSEN carries on this fine family tradition and is already the most popular unit selling bull in the UK. With a Productive Life Score of +2.4, he makes long-lasting daughters that have exceptional feet and legs as well as shallow, snuggly attached udders. Another international favorite that graduated in the ABS Global line-up is SHEVA. Fancy type and low calving ease only begin to describe this outstanding Aaron son. The "Pride of Italy", SHEVA ranks an impressive #1 for Feet & Legs, #2 for Udders, and #3 for Type in Italy while offering an ultra low 6% calving ease. This global type leader is already a customer favorite in Italy due to his outstanding Italian proof and popular cow family developed at the Gea Belloni farm. He debuts as a Rock Solid® sire with 112 daughters in 85 herds. SHEVA has already been launched with great success in Italy and now globally. 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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