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NINE SIRES ARE ADDED TO THE ABS LINE-UPDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – August 15, 2007 - ABS Global added nine new sires to its active line-up with the release of the August 2007 sire summary data on Monday, August 13. The new additions to the ABS active line-up included eight Holsteins and one Jersey. "ABS continues to expand and strengthen its product offering through the release of these nine sires," stated Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. “Focused on providing dairy producers with cutting edge genetics and profitable solutions, ABS strives to meet the genetic demands of dairy producers around the world through a diverse genetic offering.” A highlight of the ABS August graduates, 94HO11486 MD-Delight Durham ATLAS*TL*TV, is a Durham son that hails from the world-renowned C Aikenbrae Starbuck Ada EX-94-2E family. With a great pair of Skycheif sisters, Ms Kingstead Chief Adeen EX-94 and Shormar S Alicia EX-97, the Ada family has become one of the best high type cow families in A.I. providing sires including 29HO11020 AFFIRMED. A St. Jacobs ABC progeny test sire, ATLAS graduates into the ABS line-up as a Rock Solid® sire (100 daughters in 60 herds). ATLAS excels in type and udder traits being +3.07 PTAT and +2.57 Udder Composite. His daughters exhibit great spring of rib and width of chest floor while still demonstrating tremendous dairyness. The also carry their udders high above the hock with a deep cleft and ideal teat placement. 29HO11461 Shanghigh-JMD BW BUDDY-ET*TL*TV is a BW Marshall son backed by a deep cow family as his maternal line includes six generations of Excellent or Very Good cows. Buddy’s dam, Shanghigh Rud Beatrice-ET, produced over 108,000 pounds of milk lifetime and was scored EX-91-2E. BUDDY daughters possess great mobility have a strong fore udder attachment with a high, wide rear udders. With a low Somatic Cell Score, favorable Daughter Pregnancy Rate and high Productive Life, BUDDY is an ideal bull to use in commercially managed operations and can also be used in heifer pens due to his 6% calving ease. 29HO11359 True-Blue JUNIPER-ET*TL*TV 97%I is a Juror Ford son from one of CONVINCER’s finest daughters. Morningview Cnvnr Jolt-ET EX-91 produced 107 embryos as a milking 2-Year-Old, and had an outstanding record of 54,150 pounds of milk, 2,089 pounds of fat and 1,616 pounds of protein as a 3-year-old. A foot and leg specialist, JUNIPER sires daughters with a steep foot angle that track straight ahead when viewed from behind. JUNIPER can be used in heifer pens as he has a low calving ease of 7%. Rock Solid™ graduate 29HO11495 Hunter-Hill KEEGAN-ET*TL*TV is a ROY x Durham that was featured as a high-type young sire in the Primetime Genetics branch of the ABS Cornerstone® Program. KEEGAN, like his sire ROY, produces black daughters that exhibit extreme dairy quality as they possess a long, lean neck, are sharp over the top and have tremendous openness. Being over two points for both Type and Udder Composite, KEEGAN sires the fancy kind with excellent udder attachments, a deep seam and ideal teat placement. 29HO11198 Langs-Twin-B MANAGER-ET*TL*TV transmits both production and longevity provided by his sire stack of DIE-HARD x DUSTER. MANAGER’s dam, Langs-Twin-B E-D Edna-ET EX-90, was a trouble-free cow that produced 222,580 pounds of milk in her ten year life. MANAGER possesses outstanding health and management traits with +2.2 Daughter Pregnancy Rate and +3.7 Productive Life. His daughters produce profitable milk production as MANAGER is +1057 for milk. Daughters are moderate sized cows with well-attached udders that stand on a correct set of feet and legs. With a calving ease score of 7%, MANAGER can be used in heifer pens. A full brother to the popular ABS sire 29HO11396 NORSKI, 29HO11397 Arroyo-Vista NACHO-ET*TL*TV joins the ABS active line-up. NACHO is a Juror Ito son backed by nine generations of Excellent or Very Good cows. NACHO and NORSKI are known for transmitting solid components and outstanding udders along with a low Somatic Cell Score, favorable Daughter Pregnancy Rate and Productive Life. NACHO’s combination of type traits and 7% calving ease make him a great choice for dairy producers in all environments. 29HO11420 Ensendada Taboo PETER-ET*TL*TV brings dairy producers a unique pedigree combining TABOO, Amel and DUSTER. PETER daughters excel in milk production and increase profits with +363 Net Merit. His daughters possess well attached udders with a strong udder cleft and good teat placement. Another highlight of the ABS new graduates is 29HO11084 BYU SPILMAN-ET*TL*TV. SPILMAN descends from one of Wisconsin’s well-known brood cows—Sher-Est S-Wind Saturday. SPILMAN daughters excel in milk production and components with +1695 pounds of milk, +74 pounds of fat and +44 pounds of protein. With outstanding production and components, SPILMAN is also an elite Net Merit (+407) and high TPI sire (+1768). His daughters are tall, wide, dairy cows with high, wide rear udders. 94JE3437 VINDICATION, the final ABS new release for the August sire summary, joins the ABS Jersey active line-up from the St. Jacobs ABC Judges Choice™ Program. VINDICATION was the first son from the world-renowned Huronia Centurion Veronica 20J E-95%. Daughters are stylish cattle that exhibit great body width, depth and power. In addition to powerful frames, VINDICATION daughters also stand on an excellent set of feet and legs with adequate depth of heel and track straight ahead. 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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