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THREE ABS SIRES ACHIEVE DIAMOND SIRE STATUSDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – January 17, 2008 - ABS Global has added three sires with global appeal to the Diamond Sire line-up following the release of new sire summary information on Tuesday, January 15. In order to earn this status, bulls must have 1,000 milking daughters in their proof. "We are very excited to add these bulls to our Diamond Sire line-up," stated Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. “With over a 1,000 milking daughters in their proof, these sires have solidified their marketing strength, reliability and overall customer satisfaction.” 29HO12209 Picston SHOTTLE-ET becomes a Diamond Sire by increasing the number of daughters in his production proof to 1,031 daughters in 489 herds. SHOTTLE, a Mtoto son of Condon Aero Sharon EX-91, is siring impressive speckled white heifers that are dominating in the show ring and some of the highest selling females and males in the world. This UK bred, high type specialist, sires capacious daughters with well attached udders and impressive locomotion scores. SHOTTLE ranks number one in Italy, number two in Canada and at +2060 TPI, SHOTTLE also claims the number one spot on the U.S. TPI list. Holstein enthusiasts will recall that his dam, Sharon, was just named that 2007 Holstein International Cow of the Year. 29HO10356 ASKEW REECE-ET achieves Diamond Sire Status by adding 740 new daughters to increase his production proof to 1,188 daughters in 343 herds. An ABS DURAbull™ and Pregnancy King, REECE sires long lasting, high fertility daughters (+2.1 Productive Life and +1.1 Daughter Pregnancy Rate). He is number one at ABS for lowering somatic cell scores. REECE is an ideal sire for commercially managed operations and can also be used in heifer pens due to his 7% calving ease. Adding 708 daughters, 29HO10370 Regancrest-HHF MALIN-ET has increased the number of daughters in his production proof to 1,058 daughters in 260 herds. MALIN hails from a world-renowned cow family as his maternal grand dam is the well-known Snow-N Denises Dellia EX-95. Daughters possess shallow udders with superb fore and rear udder attachments. They are noted for their impressive reproductive efficiency as evidenced by MALIN’s +1.9 DPR. MALIN has a particularly strong customer following in Australia, Latin America and the United States. 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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