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SHOTTLE SONS AVAILABLE FROM ABS PRIMETIME GENETICSDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – August 22, 2008 - ABS Global has added five exciting new sires to its Primetime Genetics product offering. The bulls are all sons of the world-renowned 29HO12209 Picston SHOTTLE. Each was carefully selected to meet the standards required for calving ease, semen fertility, genomic value, and pedigree depth while possessing outstanding Parent Averages for TPI and Net Merit. The Primetime Sires are offered globally in both conventional and ABS Sexation® packaging. "ABS is pleased to offer dairy producers around the world the early opportunity to use these sought-after SHOTTLE genetics," stated Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. “Primetime Genetics can be used as a group with confidence and offer undeniable customer appeal.” A SHOTTLE X Juror Ford, 29HO13239 Gold-n-Oaks GARDETTO-ET*TV 98%I, combines an appealing sire stack and reliable calving ease from a world class cow family. GARDETTO will sire correct and powerful daughters like his dam Gold-N-Oaks J-F Go-Girl-ET VG-89. GARDETTO has three full sisters at Gold-N-Oaks scored VG-87, VG-86 and VG-87. 29HO13268 True-Blue POPCORN-ET*TV crosses two great ABS sires—SHOTTLE X DEBUT. POPCORN is backed by 5 generations of Very Good or Excellent cows and will sire extreme milk production and fat. POPCORN is also a member of the ABS Sexation® line-up. 29HO13352 Badger THROTTLE-ET*TV is a SHOTTLE son from the well-known Badger Durham Patsh-1429 EX-90. THROTTLE leads the Primetime Genetics line-up with an impressive PTPI of +2125. He is a reliable calving ease sire at 7% and will sire high type with +3.43 PTAT and udder composite of +2.23. 29HO13477 Deer-Brook MACHINIST-ET*TV combines three of the most popular ABS sires as he is a SHOTTLE X DIE-HARD X DUSTER. MACHINIST is backed by a deep pedigree as the past twelve generations of his family are from the same herd and include six Very Good and two Excellent scoring cows. MACHINIST will have ABS Sexation® sex-sorted semen available and should excel in health and fertility traits. The final addition to the Primetime Genetics line-up is 29HO13383 Green-Corner MAHOGANY-ET*TV, a SHOTTLE son from the internationally-popular Whitter-Farms Lead Mae EX-95 family. MAHOGANY boasts 593 NM$ and is an 8% calving ease sire based on 225 observations. ABS Sexation® sex-sorted semen will also be available from MAHOGANY. 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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