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ABS GLOBAL HAS SUCCESSFUL CLASSIFICATIONDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – October 26, 2007 – ABS Global recently classified some of their Holstein bulls, with two highlights of the day being an Excellent-90 score on TPI leader, 29HO11111 Sandy-Valley BOLTON-ET*TV and ABS Diamond Sire®, 29HO10124 End-Road PVF BOLIVER-ET*TV, being raised in score to Excellent-94. “The group of bulls scored included numerous recent graduates and yielded an exciting crop of high-scoring, young bulls,” stated Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. “We extend a sincere thank you to the ABS Barn and Production Teams for their efforts in keeping our bulls in outstanding physical working condition.” BOLTON was raised five points from his previous score of VG-85. He is an outstanding Hershel son and hails from one of CONVINCER’s finest daughters, Sandy-Valley Blessing-ET VG-88. BOLTON combines elite production and type and continues to be an ABS leader in numerous traits. BOLIVER was raised in score from EX-92. BOLIVER’s second crop daughters are creating excitement around the world due to their outstanding udders and extreme consistency. He is a calving ease sire, Pregnancy King and ABS Durabull. Six other sires scored Excellent for the first time. A full brother to high type, ABS sire NORSKI, 29HO11397 Arroyo-Vista Ito NACHO-ET earned a score of EX-90 on his first classification. Udder improvement bull, 29HO11012 Wa-Del CASHMERE-ET also received a score of EX-90. Scoring EX-91 was 29HO11669 Budjon-JK EISENHOWER-ET. He is a high type Stormatic son from Budjon Linjet Eileen. Others bulls earning Excellent classification scores included 20HO10728 Wesswood-HC MISSION EX-90, 29HO11413 Ralma FEARLESS-ET EX-90 and 29HO11544 Ricecrest SHERMAN-ET EX-90. Twelve other sires garnered Very Good scores on their first classification. 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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