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DIVERSE, NEW SIRES GRADUATE TO THE ABS LINE-UPDEFOREST, WISCONSIN – January 17, 2008 - ABS Global added thirteen new sires to its active global line-up with the release of the January 2008 sire summary data on Tuesday, January 15. The new additions to the ABS active line-up included eleven Holsteins and two Jerseys. "These new dairy sires will complement our strong active line-up with their outstanding type, pedigree appeal and impressive health and management traits," stated Scott Bentley, Global Dairy Product Manager. “They provide dairy producers around the world with a diverse genetic offering that can meet all customer needs. We are confident that ABS, the world’s largest bovines genetics company, is now well positioned for growth within conventional genetics and ABS Sexation™ in 2008.” Rock Solid graduate and high type sire (+2.48 PTAT), 29HO11571 Hardwood BARNABY-ET*TL*TV is a Morty son backed by three generations of Excellent dams and four generations of lifetime milk production over 100,000 pounds. BARNABY daughters excel in feet and legs having an extremely deep foot angle, tracking straight when viewed from the rear and an ideal leg set. Daughters also have high, wide rear udders carried well above the hock and strong fore udder attachments. He improves longevity, daughter fertility and udder health. 29HO11655 V-Palmcrest BREAKOUT*TL*TV is an Outside son backed by seven generations of VG or EX cows including his maternal grand dam and one of JUROR’s greatest daughters, Regancrest Juror Brina EX-92 EX-MS. BREAKOUT excels in type (+3.09 PTAT) and sires well balanced cows with width, depth and power. Daughters also have a will to milk (+1296 PTAM) and possess udders that are soundly attached with a deep cleft and ideal teat placement. BREAKOUT is not for use on heifers. 29HO11675 Quiet-Brook-D BOOSTER-TW*TL*TV is an Outside son that delivers outstanding health and management traits. BOOSTER excels in longevity (+3.90 PL), fertility (+1.50 DPR) and milk quality (+2.86 SCS). Daughters are built to last in any environment as they display the ideal balance between strength and dairyness with an udder carried high above the hock with a deep cleft, ideal teat length and close front teat placement. His +1755 TPI leads the new ABS graduates. A highlight of the ABS January graduates is Rock Solid® graduate, 29HO11509 Autumn-Ridge MATSON-ET*TL*TV. MATSON is a Durham son backed by five generations of Excellent dams. Being over two points for both Type (+2.77) and Udder Composite (+2.36), MATSON sires the fancy kind with excellent udder attachments, a deep seam and ideal teat placement. In addition, MATSON is a foot and leg specialist (+2.93 F&L Composite) that sires an ideal set to the leg, deep heel and outstanding locomotion. MATSON can be used in heifer pens as he has a low 7% calving ease. MATSON follows in the high type tradition of ABS sires ATLAS and ROY. 29HO11605 Coldsprings GABE-ET*TL*TV is a Morty son that hails from Coldsprings Farm of Maryland. GABE’s dam, Coldsprings Patron Genie-ET EX-90, classified Excellent as a 4-year-old and produced over 40,000 pounds of milk and 1,800 pounds of fat. GABE is a high type sire (+2.55 PTAT), whose daughters are tall, strong, deep cows with well attached udders. GABE can be used in heifer pens as he has a low calving ease of 6%. He is an efficient fat improver while improving udder health. One of the first Timlynn Adam sons to be released, 29HO11603 Kerndt GUARDIAN*TL*TV is an Adam x Mtoto x Remarkable that is backed by five generations of Excellent cows. The daughters of this Rock Solid sire carry their udders high above the hock with a deep udder cleft. With an ultra low calving ease score of 5%, GUARDIAN can be used across the board in all heifer pens. A Rock Solid graduate, 29HO11369 Brandt-View JASPER-ET*TL*TV is one of the first Garter sons at ABS. JASPER excels in milk production and components being in the ABS top ten for milk (+1706 PTAM) and number one for protein (+66 PTAP). JASPER daughters are moderate-sized cows with an ideal slope from hips to pins. With +2.12 F&L Composite, JASPER daughters stand on an outstanding set of feet and legs tracking straight from the rear with a deep heel. 29HO11340 Tidy-Brook Taboo KIYANA*TL*TV is a TABOO son that sires cows ideal for a commercial environment. This Rock Solid graduate sires high milk (+1610 PTAM) and Net Merit (+409 NM$). A foot and leg specialist, KIYANA daughters track straight ahead with a steep heel and short toe. He is expected to sire long life cows. 29HO11254 Laclar LACOBRA-ET*TL*TV brings dairy producers a unique sire stack as he is a Capri x Prescott x Elton. LACOBRA’s dam, LaClar Prescott Ladyblitz EX-90, produced over 215,000 pounds of milk lifetime with 9,000 pounds of fat. LACOBRA transmits this will to milk as he is +1297 PTAM, +53 PTAF and +43 PTAP. LACOBRA daughters have tremendous strength, power and body depth. 29HO11634 V-Bar-K Storm PIERSON*TL*TV offers dairy producers a unique sire stack as he is a Stormatic x James x Rudolph. PIERSON is a high type sire (+2.51 PTAT) whose daughters are tall and wide with outstanding udders. As an udder improvement sire (+2.33 Udder Composite), PIERSON daughters carry their udders high above the hock with strong attachments. This globally appealing sire, also excels in health and management traits being +2.80 PL, +1.00 DPR and 2.85 SCS. He has no pedigree equal in the breed today. 29HO0856 April-Day WISCONSIN-RED*TL*TV, hails from Wisconsin and April-Day Holsteins. This high type sire (+1.91 PTAT) provides Red and White breeders with a unique sire stack of Jordan-RED x Rubens*RC x Elegant*RC. His maternal sister is the well-known April-Day-D Burgundy-Red-ET EX-90. No stranger to the show ring, this cow possesses an extensive show winning record as a young cow including being named the 2006 R&W All-American Jr. 3-Yr-Old, 2006 World Dairy Expo Kingsmill Futurity Winner and Best Udder and 2006 World Dairy Expo 1st 3-Yr-Old and Best Udder Jr. 3-Yr-Old. WISCONSIN-RED is 8% calving ease and effectively increases fat percentage. His daughters possess outstanding udders with high, wide rear udders carried well above the hock and tightly attached fore udders. He will have strong global appeal. 29JE3357 Molly Brook Hallmark FTD-ET is a Hallmark son from the Molly Brook Fascinator Flower family. FTD improves components as he is +26 PTAF and +25 PTAP. Daughters carry udders high above the hock with sound attachments and a correct teat placement. FTD is a popular ABS Sexation sire. The final January release is 29JE3449 TC Hallmark 830 JOHNSON. This Hallmark son possesses outstanding health and management traits, and his dam has calved for the seventh time at 7-03. JOHNSON delivers longevity (+2.70 PL), fertility (+1.10 DPR) and milk quality (+2.74 SCS). Daughters are upstanding young cows with tightly attached fore udders, high rear udders that are carried high above the hock. 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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