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EIGHT NEW ABS SEXATION™ SIRES RELEASEDDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – February 28, 2007 - ABS Global added eight new sires to the ABS Sexation™ line-up with the release of the February 2007 sire summary data on Monday, February 12. ABS Sexation, the global brand for ABS sex sorted semen, combines flow cytometry technology with ABS semen quality standards and is produced at ABS Global headquarters in DeForest, Wisc. "These eight new sires will complement our already strong ABS Sexation product offerings," stated Kylene Anderson, ABS Sexation Marketing Specialist. “They will provide dairy producers with a wide array of profitable breeding options along with 90% purity for the desired sex.” “Through ABS Sexation, producers will reduce disease risk, have the ability to control heifer replacement costs, increase heifers from within and more profitably manage their business,” says Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. 29HO11054 Mayval ACCENT-ET*TL*TV hails from a long line of high producing, high butterfat cows as his dam, grand dam and sisters have all tested from 4.6% to 5.0% butterfat on excellent milk records. ACCENT daughters are great uddered cows with exceptionally high, wide rear udders and strong fore udder attachments. With a low Somatic Cell Score, favorable Daughter Pregnancy Rate and high Productive Life, ACCENT is an ideal bull to use in commercially managed operations as his daughters are hard working cows that both produce and reproduce. 29HO11239 Hunsberger AVALANCHE*TL*TV transmits excellent production and health and management traits provided by his unique sire stack of Elation x Amel. AVALANCHE is a Rock Solid® sire (100 daughters in 60 herds) that will increase milk volume (+1835M) and lower Somatic Cell Scores (2.81). Daughters track straight from the rear, have an ideal leg when viewed from the side and a deep heel. 29HO11056 End-Road Marshall BASIC*TL*TV increases both lifetime production and profitability thorough his high milk production (+2033 PTAM), low Somatic Cell Score (2.97) and high Productive Life (+2.0). BASIC comes from the same maternal line as popular ABS sire 29HO10124 End-Road Pvf BOLIVER-ET. BASIC daughters have well attached udders with a defined cleft. I29HO11255 Dev-Lin DAYTON-ET*TL*TV offers a combination of two great pedigrees, as he is a Durham son backed by an extremely deep and successful Midwest cow family with the 12 nearest dams averaging 88 points. DAYTON daughters are tall and strong with great style and balance throughout. DAYTON is also an excellent source for milk yield being +1185 PTAM and a favorable Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR). He can be used in heifer pens as he has a low calving ease score (7%). 29HO11191 Wauregan-I C MORRIE-ET*TL*TV is one of the first members of the Laurie Sheik cow family to be offered in the ABS line-up. MORRIE’s dam, Crackholm Comestar Memory-ET VG-87-CAN, is one of the most sought after cows as she combined the Laurie Sheik family and Rudolph into one package. MORRIE sires excellent milk production (+1917M) and is also in the ABS top 10 for protein. He excels in his health and management traits and is a calving ease sire (7%). Daughters display the tall, dairy frames and balanced udder improvement the cow family is known for around the world. 29HO11212 Regancrest-RB MONROE-ET*TL*TV is a Magna son from the world-famous Snow-N Denises Dellia EX-95 family. He sires daughters with outstanding feet and legs and milk components. Daughters are strong, wide cows with good body depth. MONROE’s low calving ease score (5%) make him a great choice for ABS Sexation. 29JE3346 Forest Glen JEVON-ET is a maternal grandson of Havs Berretta Chief Jade E-95%. Jade has 12 proven sons in A.I. that have consistently sired cattle with high milk and protein yield. JEVON is a high type (+2.0 PTAT), high milk (+1392 PTAM) sire. His daughters are sharp and angular with high, wide rear udder attachments and a strong udder cleft. The final release for the February 2007 ABS Sexation Sire Summary is 29JE3351 O.F. Paramount LEADER. LEADER is a Paramount son, and therefore a paternal brother to IATOLA and ABRAM. LEADER’s dam is a MONTANA daughter from the world favorite O.F. Lester Ladyslipper E-94%. LEADER daughters produce high quality (2.82 SCS) and quantity of milk (+1070PTAM). Daughters are above average stature cows that display outstanding dairyness. LEADER is an ideal mating for cattle with the Danish influence. Headquartered
in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine
genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. 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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