Number of Milk recorded cows

40,053

Percentage of all cows

8%

Average size of herds

88

No. of herds

196

No of 1. inseminations

70,600

Percent inseminated animals

93%

Percent with test bull inseminations

36%

No of tested bulls pr year

45

Size of daughter groups

100-120

Breeding value estimation model

Animal Model – Test Day

Breed Average fore production 2007/2008:

Kg milk 8,928, fat 377 kg – 4.22%, prot 310 kg – 3.47%

Highest producing cow 2007/2008:

Kg milk 17,646, fat 709 kg – 4.02%, prot 583 kg – 3.30%

Sire: VEST Andy, owner: Erik Jepsen, Stadil

Highest producing herd 2007/2008:

Kg milk 11,390, fat 488 kg – 4.28%, prot 404 kg - 3.55%

Owner of the herd: Arne Nielsen, Dalby

·         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, milk ability, temperament and longevity

·         Screening the population for high index females and bull calves

·         Bull sire suggestions to all high index is made by the breeding management

·         The classifier makes a linear assessment of all first lactation cows with a NTM above 20

·         Bull sires used in the programme from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark

·         Genomic selection will be introduced summer 2009

www.rdm.dk

Danish Red Dairy Breed

President Lars Iversen

Secretary – Breed manager Lisbet Holm

Ebeltoftvej 16, DK-8960 Randers SØ

Phone: +45 8795 9400 Fax: +45 8795 9401

Email: rdm@vikinggenetics.com