SPECIALIST SYMBOLS
THE POWER OF POLLED
HAUEN PP
Smenes P x Helland P x Rud PP
•
LAUPEN PP
Husaasen P x Gomo x Dahle P
NR FLENDALEN PP
Bull ID: 252NR12398
NASIS: 85UUW10
Sire: NR HUSAASEN P 12205
Breeder: Ole Gjermund Nymoen, 2420 Trysil
Dam: 0852 MGD: 0750
NR FLENDALEN PP
• High production sire
• Great milking speed
• Udder improver
Jo-Onstad P x Ofstad P x Gopollen
OALAND
HASSELBERG P
Storflor x Roen x Sandstad
HUSTAD
Velsvik x Haga
x Alm x Gopollen
Interpreting NR Proofs
The Norwegian Red breeding goal
Total merit index
• TMI (Total Merit Index) is used to identify the best Norwegian Red bulls to become elite sires for use throughout Norway.
• 14 traits and indexes are grouped into an index called TMI, with production, udder health, udder conformation, and fertility indexes receiving the highest relative weights within the TMI.
• The relative weights in the current TMI give optimal genetic response for all important traits in the Norwegian Red breeding goal.
No. of inseminations, heifers
No. of inseminations, cows
Calving to first insemination (CFI)
Calving ease, direct
Clinical mastitis
Somatic cell count (SCC)
Feed$aved™
Body weight
Lact 1
Number of inseminations in heifers until pregnant
Number of inseminations in cows until pregnant
Days from calving to first insemination for lact 1-4 (days)
No calving problems when bred to 1st lact heifers (%)
Lact 1-3 daughters not treated for clinical mastitis (%) SCC for lactation 1-3 daughters (cells/ml)
E.G. Milk Production: the average kg of milk for lactations 1-3 is 8,144kg (17,955 lbs.). For Milk yield=112 expect +274kg (604 lbs.) for total milk yield of 8,418kg (18,559 lbs.) per lactation.
E.G. Stature: average 1st lactation cows have rump height of 136.8 cm (53.9”). For a bull with Stature=112 expect an average daughter to be 1.13 cm (0.44”) taller. For Stature=88 an average daughter would be 1.13 cm (0.44”) shorter.
E.G. Calving ease: 88.0% of calvings of 1st lactation heifers, attributed to sire of calf, have no difficulty. For a bull with direct calving ease=112 expect 3.5% better or 91.5% of calvings of 1st lactation heifers with no calving difficulty due to sire of calf.
Conventional
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