Swedish Red
Facts & Figures:
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Number of
Milk recorded cows
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125,877
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Percentage
of all cows
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43%
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Average
size of herds
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58.2 cows
all herds
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No. of
herds
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3,800
(pure breed and mixed herds with SRB)
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No of 1.
inseminations
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157.539
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Percent
inseminated animals
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90%
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Percent
with test bull inseminations
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32.4%
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No of
tested bulls pr year
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85
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Size of
daughter groups
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100-120
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Breeding
value estimation model
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Animal
model-test day
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Breed
Average fore production 2007/2008
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Kg milk 8,730, fat 375 kg - 4,3%, prot 304 kg – 3.49%
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Highest
producing cow 2007/2008:
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Kg milk 16,217, fat 729 kg – 4.50%, prot 595 kg – 3.60%
Sire 84704: Ekeslunda
BR Bengtsson AB , Grimslöv
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Highest
producing herd 2007/2008:
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Kg milk 12,099, fat 500 kg – 4.13%, prot 418 kg – 3.46%
Botans Lantbruk Vikarbyn
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Breeding Programme:
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The breeding goal is a healthy and productive dairy cow with good
longevity and functional conformation. The breeding goal is expressed in NTM
(Nordic Total Merit). The NTM consist of all traits with economic value: Milk
production, Daughter fertility, Calving Ease, Birth index, mastitis resistance,
Other Diseases, conformation, milkability, temperament and longevity.
Additional information since 2008 breeding value for claw health
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Screening the population for high index females and bull calves
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Bull sire suggestions to all high index is made by the breeding management
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The classifier makes a linear assessment of all first lactation cows
with a NTM above 20
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Bull sires used in the programme from Sweden,
Finland, Norway and Denmark
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Genomic selection will be introduced spring 2009
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Contacts:
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