'Day of the Newcomer' 2008 - GGI German Genetics International ...

February 2009
No. 20 / 3.00 Euro
G G I
TOP - NEWS
• EuroTier2008 review
• German winter shows
• BAP - the next generation of mating programs
• Holstein breeding in the Balkan states

Index
2 Day of the Newcomer 2008
3 EuroTier2008: German
top bulls under one Roof
4-5 BAP - Bull Advise Programm
6 Winter Shows RBB, RSA, WEU
7-10 Comment january proof run
11 New bulls
12-13 Second crop
14 Report: Holsteins Balkan
15 News
15 Events
16 Photovaria
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GGI: Day of the Newcomer 2008
The Day of the Newcomer on the
GGI premises in Cloppenburg has
become a real event. Brought into
being two years ago as an opener
to the All-European Championships
in Oldenburg, this event received
great feedback. This year the 2nd
Day of the Newcomer took place on
May 29th, 2008. Almost 1,000 interested
breeders from Germany
and foreign visitors from more than
15 countries came and took the op-
People from more than 15 countries visited GGI
portunity to get informed by the
breeding organizations about their
current actions in breeding.
However, the clear highlight was the
presentation of 10 daughter groups
of current and prospective sires of
the GGI member organizations. 6
Holstein (Chapman, Cheerio, Sefir,
Sundowner, Zabing, Zar) and 4 Red
Holstein (Fashio, Forest, Ruacana,
Rugny) daughter groups were
shown. Each progeny group presented
4 exemplarily prepared animals.
The programme on the GGI premises
was topped off by different “joinin
activities” like bull riding, milking
contest, “coconut shy” or “goal wall
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shooting”. The GGI plate and further
coffee and cakes cared for the
Not only the progenies were fun!
guest’s physical well-being. Very
popular as well was the ice-cream
booth due to the fabulous weather
with high temperatures.
All visitors had the opportunity to
visit the farm “Urban” in Wüsting
(240 dairy cows with young stock)
and the poduction halls of “Urban”.
Also the open-air museum in Cloppenburg
was visited by a lot of
Interested visitors on the ‘Day of the Newcomer’
guests. On the 15 ha area of the
Lower Saxony Open Air Museum
more than 50 farming and trade
houses from the 16th – 19th century
were restored. An old church, a
school and the “Dorfkrug” top off
the rural character.�

About 130,000 visitors from all over
the world attended the world’s
biggest fair for animal husbandry
and management from November
11th until November 14th in
Hanover. The numbers increased by
11% compared to 2006. With that,
it has been the EuroTier exhibition
with the highest number of visitors
ever.
1,764 exhibitors from 46 countries
(+15 % compared to 2006) had their
Customers from the whole world are guests at GGI
products on display.
The well-visited extensive GGI display
area, jointly organized with
DHV and ZVE and all GGI member
organizations with their progeny
groups, was located in Hall 27.
Seven Holstein (Gibor, Jannsen, Jefferson,
Juote, Juwel, Leif and Minister),
three Red Holstein groups (Jerudo,
Laurel and Ludox) as well as one
Angler-group (Zober) were the eye
catchers at the stand. Per daughter
group three very well prepared animals
were presented.
For the first time, there were also
five beef bulls shown at the GGI
booth: Lesko (Limousin), Präsident P
(Simmental beef), Timor (Ucker-
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EuroTier 2008: German top bulls under one roof
Under one roof, the GGI members exhibited at the EuroTier.
märker), Rob (Angus) as well as Ulino
(Blonde d’Aquitaine).
At the “TopTierTreff”, German
breeding organizations presented
their eleven Holstein and Angler
daughter groups at daily shows. Additionally,
three representative progeny
groups were presented to the
audience in English language as
well as in Russian language. This
presentation gave the visitors detailed
information about Holstein
breeding in Germany and a good
idea about the different breeds and
View from the show “Top-Tier-Treff”
their advantages.
The visitors took the opportunity to
visit GGI and their member organizations
at their booths to get the latest
information in genetics and service.
The next EuroTier is going to take
place from November 16th until November
19th 2010 in Hanover.
Please note that there are extra
GHN issues available for “Day of
the Newcomer 2008” as well as
“EuroTier 2008” in Hanover as pdf
files on www.ggi.de. �
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BAP: the unique mating program
The German data centre vit in co-operation
with the breeding industry has developed a
trend-setting mating program called BAP
(Bull Advise Program). BAP is used by almost
all German breeding organizations
and now an adapted version for international
use is available via GGI. Exciting
unique features are u. a. matching cows
and bulls by farmers individual breeding
goal and internet as technical platform.
Traditional mating programs are running
on PCs or laptops with all the disadvantages
of this system in daily practice: limited
performance and memory, need of program
and data update, problems with
backup and many more disadvantages.
BAP is internet based, i.e. the program is
running on a central server at vit and therefore
automatically always with the most
current data and version of program. BAP
is fully included in the service and backup
system of vit and data losses are almost impossible.
This includes user individual and
password protected access only to own data.
Furthermore BAP is multilingual and
available already for several languages
and extension to more languages is in
progress.
Farmers breeding goal
One of the main differences to many other
mating programs is the farmers individual
breeding goal as guideline for every
matching of cows and bulls. By simply selecting
the traits important for the individual
breeding goal and giving relative
weights in percentages to these traits, the
farmer defines his individual breeding goal
(Figure 1). The program recalculates the to-
tal merit index for all bulls according to this
individual breeding goal and ranks all
bulls advised for an individual cow by this
individual total merit index. Because parts
of herds can easily selected by all information
available (e.g. cows total merit) different
groups of animals can be mated according
to modified goals like “easy calving”
when searching for the best bulls on
heifers.
Select among 100,000 bulls
BAP can work with all bulls included in Interbull
evaluations. This are e.g. more than
100,000 proven Holstein A.I. bulls. It does
not make sense to include all these bulls for
Figure 1: Define your individual breeding goal by simply selecting from all traits and giving them percentages
of relative weight
Figure 2: Matching bulls are ranked by expected value of calf i.e. farmers’ individual breeding goal...
Figure 3: ... reasons why bulls don’t match on this cow are given
mating a specific herd, because not from
all bulls semen is available. With BAP it is
easy to define several individual bull pools,
e.g. the active bulls from your semen supplier
or bulls with semen in your container.
Individual mating
Self-evident BAP includes control of inbreeding
(different levels possible), genetic
defects and the individual needs of every
cow. These “points of attention” are not
limited to conformation traits, but as well
production and functional traits like milking
speed or udder health can be included. For
all traits the necessary improvement can be
given in four degrees. Conformation traits
to be improved are recorded with a simple
mobile sub-program on a PDA. List of animals
in the herd is downloaded and
recorded data are uploaded directly via
mobile internet or connecting the PDA with
any PC with internet access.
Reasons why
BAP gives a list with the (best) matching
bulls for every cow. The bulls are ranked
according to the expected individual total
merit index of the cows. So the expected
differences in using one or another bull are
given (Figure 2).
Very informative is that BAP not just lists the

matching bulls on the individual cow, but
for every bull in the mating pool why he
does not match, too (Figure 3).
BAP includes the maximum information
Figure 4: In case of inbreeding BAP gives the percentage of inbreeding and the
source: e.g. using Jardin results in 1.563 % inbreeding because bull-dams-siressire
(BMVV) is the same as cows-dams-sire (KMV)
available for cows, bulls and farmers goal.
Nevertheless there is always some extra information
especially the breeder has that is
not included, e.g. because it is not “numerical”.
Therefore BAP is flexible and manually
re-ranking of the BAP-result is possible
with one click.
Figure 5: A few clicks in the print manager...
Figure 6: ... create an individual print output
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Individual output
Flexibility and individuality is realized for
the output of BAP, too. With an easy to handle
print manager (Figure 5) the output is individuallydesigned;
e.g. number
and sorting of
information (Figure
6). All printable
outputs are
PDFs and there-
fore can be saved
and send as email
attachments. Output
as data file in different formats for further
use e.g. in herd management programs
is possible, too.
Into the future
BAP is the mating program of the next generation.
It sets new standards in performance,
individuality and included features. It
was designed as an assisting tool for man-
aging genetic improvement of dairy herds.
Because flexibility and farmers goal are
standing first in BAP, it has become a
tremendous story of success in Germany
independent from herd size or breeding
goal. Even elite pedigree breeders use BAP
intensively because the amount of figures is
increasing in today’s international breeding.
BAP helps to select and sort and does
not forget anything important - but the final
decision is still up to the farmer.
Dr. Luca Pulcinelli, GGI Italy, while recording
cow data with a PDA
Using BAP in practice:
GGI-Italia tested the beta version of BAP for international
use during the last months. Meanwhile
GGI salesman Dr. Luca Pulcinelli gave mating advices
for more than 2,000 Italian cows:
“BAP really is a fantastic program. You feel common
with the program right from the beginning
because it was made for and with the assistance
of practical people. That it is an internet based
program makes it so simple. I don’t have to care
about anything. Everything since the last click is
saved automatically. My personal BAP data are
available from any computer with internet access,
like internet banking. Farmers expect mainly correction
of conformation traits because this is basically
what most other mating programs do. But
BAP can include all traits including functional
traits. Individual mating even for heifers on the
base of their pedigree indices for all traits is nice
to cover the whole herd. Every third calf is born
as 1st calf! In first instance farmers don’t believe
that BAP really works on the base of their individual
breeding goal. Seeing the different results
if we just change the breeding goal convinces
them at once.
Very important is the detailed information on possible
inbreeding and where in the pedigree it
comes from! The same is for ranking all the included
bulls on every cow. Most farmers have semen
in stock and if these bulls don’t show up in
the BAP mating list they assume that is because
we want to sell other bulls. When I show them that
these bulls were really tested on every cow and
exactly why they were excluded, advantage of
BAP becomes once again obviously. Now these
clients first run BAP and after buy semen that really
fits on their cows and in the right proportions.
I’m already looking forward to the first generation
of cows made with the assistance of BAP.
What I have seen in Germany makes me sure that
BAP helps to maximize progress and uniformity
of the herd.”
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Winter shows
RBB
On November 20th 2008, the RBB show
“Blickpunkt Rind” was held in Paaren.
Progeny groups of the second crop bulls
Janosch, Jefferson, Leroy and Sudan and
the newcomer Sascha (Step x Esar x
Gigh) were presented (first breeding value
in April 2009).
Jefferson-daughter “Jamila” was awarded
to be the best daughter from the progeny
groups of the show (see p.10).
“MAG Schirin” by Sascha became reserve
champion.
The outstanding Laudan-daughter “SL
Marga 3” dominated the four young cow
classes.
The Judge Martin Biederbick made her
the grand champion by awarding her
with the title „Miss Blickpunkt Rind
2008”.
Laudan-daughter “Lotte” was declared
Laudan (Lukas x Raider) daughter “SL Marga 3”
champion of the 2nd lactation cows.
Ticket-daughter “Ballade“ was able to
win the title in the class of the older cows.
As a novelty, in line with the desire for
breeding longevity, a class of long-term
production cows has been shown in
Paaren (> 50,000 kg milk lifetime production).
The Juote-daughter “SL Heidin“
won this competition with a lifetime production
of 58,378 kg milk– 3,45% fat –
2.015 kg fat – 3,67% protein – 2.144 kg
protein.
The Jefferson-daughters (Jocko Besne x
Dombinator) were juvenile, even so big
and long with very good dairy type, well
balanced with slightly sloped and wide
rumps. They conspicuously showed well
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textured udders, highly and firmly attached
udders, with high rear udders,
strong ligaments and a good teat placement.
The Jefferson-progenies were
awarded the “best progeny group” by
the audience.
The very uniform Sudan-daughters
(Storm x Prelude) had much depth and
strength. The straight topline passed into
long sloped rumps. The Feet and legs are
excellent: strong and clear bones with a
parallel rear leg set less angled, very dry
hocks, high foot angles and a perfect locomotion.
The firmly attached and well
balanced udders were high and wide in
the rear with an optimal teat placement.
RSA
For the first time, RSA’s “Nikolausschau“
took place on December 12th as an
evening event in Bismark. Ten extraordinary
second crop
Jannsen-daughters
(Jocko Besn x Mandel)
– that captivated
with their uniformity
– were presented.
These dairy,
young cows impressed
with lots of
dairy typ, with a
strong topline and
correctly sloped
rumps. Highlights
were their perfectly
sloped and seted
feet and legs resulting
in optimal
presented locomotion.
The rear udders are highly and
Jannsen (Jocko Besn x Mandel) daughter “Sonate”
widely attached and have a strong suspensory
ligament. Jannsen daughter
“Sonate” won this class ahead of
“MHD Dina”.
NOG Edling-daughter “Susan” was
awarded the winner of the middle
classes. Legal-daughter “Beyonce” was
the winner of the DS program cows.
Riverland-heifer “Rieka” received the
“Reserve Champion” title.
WEU
The Weser-Ems-Union presented the
“WEU-Konvent“ in Oldenburg on January
15th 2009. Progenies of the second
crop bulls Jannsen and Laurel as
well as of the promising new sire Sallas
were shown.
The Jannsen-daughters (Jocko Besn x
Mandel) convinced – as already at
“Nikolausschau” – with an outstanding
group.
The Laurel-daughters (Layout x Caveman)
presented theirselves once more
with excellent feet and legs and perfect
udders.
The daughters of the Stormatic-son
Sallas shined with clean and firmly attached
udders as well as correctly
sloped rumps and very dry hocks.
Winner of the progenies was the
Sallas (Stormatic x Rudolph) daughter group
Jannsen-daughter “MHG Dina” which
was also awarded reserve winner in
the heifer competition. “Laskia” of Laurel
was reserve winner.
In the old class of the Red Holstein, the
Lentini-daughter “Lor” won in front of
“AMA Marlen” (v. Stadel). Trailordaughter
“Antonie” could call herself
reserve winner of the old class at the
Holsteins. �
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New breeding values january 2009
The new year starts with not many new
Holstein bulls, but new leaders of Red
Holstein and Holstein toplists: Pandora
and Gibor.
Holstein
There have not been so few new bulls
among the official Top-300 Holsteins for a
long time.
But after a long time, there has been a
change at the top of the list. With another
slight increase and over 10,000 daughters,
Gibor is on top for the first time at the age
of 12 years.
He could pass Mascol who has been on top
since February 2006. Mascol’s values are
mostly stable with the first, bigger amount
of 800 new daughters – including 250 in
NLD, DFS, and USA. He is still the highest
Mtoto-son with Shottle worldwide.
From Jardin the first second crop daughters
have calved, but do not influence his figures
yet and he remains the highest Jocko
son. Bobas is quite stable in the top-10
(RZM 134) and joined by protein specialist
Eminem (+0,17%) who gained 8 points
Mascol (Mtoto x Rudolph) daughter “Bulgarie” (FRA)
longevity (RZN 124).
Stylist is a winner of this evaluation, too.
He sees his RZM three points raising (134;
+0,19% protein) with his daughters in third
lactation now. Emerson-son Eleve still improves
for udderhealth (RZS 105). Zappason
Zar keeps himself safely constant.
Ramos-son Rahn shows with slight increases
in almost every trait and +3 RZG points
that his well-balanced first figures were not
just pedigree influence. Read more about
Rahn at page 11. Regarding the functional
traits this is true for his paternal brother
Rotary (MGS Zack), too. But Rotary looses
for production.
New bulls
Two new Ramos sons entered the list. Zimpall
descends from the life time performance
program of RUW. His dam is an excellent
Patrick-daughter with almost
100,000kg life time production in 6 lactations.
Within the solid conformation transmission
of Zimpall
(RZE 115), feet&legs
(125) stick out with
very dry, parallel set
legs and an excellent
locomotion. High
values for udder
health, longevity
and fertility can be
expected from a
Ramos son. New on
the selling list is as
well Ramos son Rubix.
Via Celsius,
Cash and Belt he
traces back to Delta
Esmeralda like e.g.
Mascol. Rubix combines
nice production
figures (+0.11%
fat; RZM 116) with
solid conformation
and functionality.
Like Zimpall he can
be used on heifers.
Other new bulls are
the Riverland sons
Ratziputz and NOG
Rubkar. Ratziputz is
linebred to Rudolph
(dam Jocko x
Rudolph) and excels
for udderhealth (RZS
125) and feet&legs
(121, RZE 117).
NOG Rubkar’s dam was one of only few
Ubbo daughters successful in the NOG station
test for bull dams. Rubkar is a very
complete allround bull.
The Jesther sons Jelder (RZE 137) and Jurus
(RZE 124) can improve for production.
Jelto is absolute stable and the fourth Jesther
son Juwel proved his well-balanced
conformation transmission (RZE 125) with
daughters at the EuroTier.
The highest newcomer from the last time
Cassano is still the highest Champion-son.
Read more in the short portrait at page 11.
His paternal brothers Charts (RZE 129, RZS
115) and Corporal (RZM 114, +3; RZE
134) can hold or even improve their high
debut figures like does Stormatic son Strobel
(RZE 131). Zabing RC (Zunder x
Rudolph) was one of the positive surprises
in August. With an RZE of 142 (+4), he is
now the highest conformation sire in the
Cassano (Champion x Convincer) daughter “Kleopatra”
top list and used as sire of sons for both
Red Holstein and Holstein. Zenjo could not
hold his high debut figures decreasing
clearly in production to an RZM of 111.
The fat specialist (+0,36%) still offers something
special with slightly increased conformation
(RZE 122) and udder health (RZS
117) as well as an RZN of 114.
There is not much change for Vachim (s. V
Brando), Monami (s. Mtoto), Tiamo (s.
Tanker), Fotograf (s. Ford), Folleto (s.
Ford), NOG Murmel (s. Manat), NOG
Salem (s. Sierra) and Alliance (s. Allen)
with their test daughters in 2nd and 3rd
lactation but no new daughters so far.
Second crop
Besides Gibor and Mascol leading the
toplist and Laudan with 30,000 daughters
back in the top-10 more bulls perform well
with 2nd crop daughters. Mtoto son Millenium
keeps rising with now 2,165 daughters
and definitely is back in the spotlight
even though he is CVM positive (RZM 111,
RZE 135, RZS 139, RZN 130). Other Mtoto
sons with high reliability are Manager
who stabilized (RZE 124, RZS 132, RZN
120) and Merinit. Very successful is Lukas
son Leif with now almost 6,000 daughters
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Current proofs of GGI top sires (January
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Name HB-No. Sire MGS Milk kg Fat Fat Prot Prot RZM Rel Dau /Herds Dairy C. Body F&L Udder RZE RZR
% kg % kg %
Gibor 667908 TLTV Gibbon Sunnyboy 1817 -0.32 42 -0.06 56 123 99 10463 3928 89 91 135 115 120 119
Mascol ET 840515 TLTV Mtoto Rudolph 1504 0.09 70 0.16 67 134 98 1024 460 105 104 121 114 120 107
Jardin 141437 TLTV Jocko Besn Tonic 1485 -0.07 54 0.21 71 135 96 183 158 110 109 125 117 126 100
Bobas 840609 TL Dutch Boy Novalis 2339 -0.40 53 -0.06 74 134 93 99 55 117 105 113 104 113 95
Eminem 810944 TLTV Eminenz Maloy 1122 0.06 52 0.17 54 125 94 116 56 119 100 120 114 121 108
Laudann 810695 TLTV Lukas Raider 1545 -0.32 32 -0.11 42 114 99 30214 8212 112 80 117 123 117 107
Stylist 632644 TLTV Steven Gibbon 1461 0.02 61 0.19 68 134 95 137 107 118 110 124 122 130 86
Eleve 142245 TLTV Emerson Storm 2060 -0.45 38 -0.13 56 122 96 155 139 127 117 128 126 137 101
Millennium 821119 TLTV Mtoto Luke 887 0.22 57 0.00 30 111 99 2165 399 109 108 135 125 135 94
Zar 802593 TLTV Zappa Amaretto 1565 0.06 70 0.04 57 128 95 134 60 99 99 107 121 115 96
Emil II 140098 TLTV Emerson Esquimau 1158 0.13 60 0.13 52 124 97 353 272 102 117 114 115 121 102
Rahn 821429 TLTV Ramos Prelude 1220 -0.12 38 -0.05 37 112 93 102 83 105 100 125 117 122 111
Jelder 821367 TLTV Jesther Basar 2619 -0.66 35 -0.17 71 130 95 120 90 119 131 117 128 137 85
Novize 325517 TLTV Novalis Jabot 1026 0.11 52 0.12 46 120 99 5290 1657 104 88 119 114 114 96
Junker 810821 TLTV Jocko Besn Lasso 1628 -0.25 42 0.03 58 125 98 619 175 108 106 122 109 118 107
Cassano 328422 TLTV Champion Convincer 1831 -0.10 65 -0.10 52 124 92 133 114 121 122 123 112 127 103
Leif 801705 TLTV Lukas Zack 895 0.24 59 0.01 31 112 99 5958 1901 86 121 102 120 117 115
Juwel 632734 TLTV Jesther Lord Lily 2363 -0.69 23 -0.25 54 118 94 113 80 111 107 119 120 125 96
Jurus 810868 TLTV Jesther Esentation 1318 0.04 58 0.03 48 121 95 132 61 122 104 106 127 124 105
Vachim 565756 TLTV V Brando Celsius 1583 -0.13 52 -0.09 45 118 94 108 94 127 105 132 124 134 104
new Zimpall 672322 TLTV Ramos Patrick 1321 -0.21 34 -0.09 37 111 87 68 57 102 91 125 110 115 110
Monami 670016 TLTV Mtoto Lee 1154 -0.17 31 0.06 45 116 94 102 83 109 107 124 120 126 97
new Rubix 328672 TLTV Ramos Celsius 1257 0.11 62 -0.04 39 116 91 112 93 106 93 121 110 114 102
new Ratziputz 565927 TLTV Riverland Jocko Besn 1219 -0.26 25 0.03 45 115 89 107 91 97 107 120 109 116 102
Chaartts 142262 TLTV Champion Formation 1378 -0.23 34 -0.07 40 113 92 98 89 120 116 112 126 129 105
Rotaary 143311 TLTV Ramos Zack 1122 -0.25 23 -0.05 34 108 92 102 91 98 123 117 109 120 109
Strobel 802586 TLTV Stormatic T Funkis 1297 -0.16 38 -0.15 30 107 94 116 58 107 115 125 123 131 110
Jefferson 810833 TLTV Jocko Besn Dombinator 2210 -0.66 21 -0.13 62 123 99 1261 740 119 103 113 121 123 100
Jelto 632915 TLTV Jesther Marconi 1769 -0.43 29 -0.05 56 121 93 98 70 98 101 110 119 116 90
new NOG RRubkar 490395 TLTV Riverland Ubbo 1393 -0.31 27 -0.10 38 111 86 73 64 106 97 117 119 119 −
Jannsen 821197 TLTV Jocko Besn Mandel 1553 -0.29 35 -0.13 41 113 99 1622 787 122 123 141 111 135 98
Tiamo 326769 TLTV Tanker Corsaro 510 0.14 33 0.23 37 113 95 146 108 106 120 122 116 127 100
Fotograf 565752 TLTV Ford Rudolph 1041 -0.02 40 -0.02 34 111 92 91 76 95 108 121 110 117 106
Zabing 565916 TLTV Zunder Rudolph 798 -0.12 22 0.03 30 106 94 137 113 114 130 129 130 142 102
Folleto 671148 TLTV Ford Addison 1872 -0.50 26 -0.23 41 111 95 238 175 106 118 123 120 128 98
NOG Murmel 490212 TLTV Manat Bonatus 1077 0.19 62 0.07 44 120 93 92 59 118 123 106 111 119 95
NOG Salem 490247 TLTV Sierra Amaretto 1509 -0.31 32 -0.04 48 117 94 104 81 106 119 113 118 123 87
Amador 840503 TLTV Aaron Esquimau 1745 -0.53 19 -0.09 50 116 99 1177 220 110 98 118 101 110 92
Alliance 142272 TV Allen Lee 634 -0.11 17 0.02 23 101 96 248 174 120 130 129 132 144 100
Zenjo 840685 TLTV Zenith Winchester 841 0.36 68 -0.01 28 111 93 132 35 119 102 109 125 122 88
Manager ET 840463 TLTV Mtoto Rudolph 821 0.00 34 -0.14 15 99 99 8636 3573 102 110 115 124 124 100
Merinit 821153 TLTV Mtoto Geoffry 1538 -0.19 44 -0.12 41 115 99 6118 2336 112 101 114 109 113 93
Corporal 810981 TLTV Champion Manat 1318 -0.17 38 -0.12 33 109 93 107 56 125 121 111 131 134 93
Juote 504296 TLTV Juror Cleitus 400 0,19 33 -0.08 7 94 99 27351 9662 128 104 109 129 127 109
new Pandora 916884 TLTV Paradox Yava 1872 0.18 96 0.00 63 137 82 40 40 118 96 115 108 113 −
Malvoy 916301 TLTV Marmax RF Celsius 2220 -0.59 38 -0.09 67 130 95 265 169 106 113 124 106 119 101
Jerudo 922393 TLTV Jerom Rudolph 1398 -0.01 59 0.03 50 124 91 135 90 106 119 112 110 118 112
Bravisi 297571 TLTV Clifhanger Milestone 1872 -0.05 75 -0.12 52 127 97 482 300 126 106 106 109 114 102
Carmano 915758 TLTV Cadon Lay Out 999 -0.09 35 -0.02 32 110 94 107 94 111 104 122 126 129 108
Ruacana 926406 TLTV Rubens Lentini RF 1440 -0.25 39 0.03 51 122 91 86 69 124 114 121 127 133 99
Stabilo 922092 TLTV Stadel Laredo Red 1543 -0.01 64 -0.08 45 121 93 97 65 105 106 113 120 120 94
Cadisco 915576 TLTV Cadon Koerier 1263 0.18 69 -0.04 39 119 93 94 84 107 109 107 117 117 102
Ruleto 916920 TLTV Rubens Lightning 1318 0.01 56 0.04 48 123 84 54 49 102 115 121 118 125 99
Rubinrot 916475 TLTV Rubens Kom Leader 526 0.56 66 0.33 43 123 93 176 121 100 104 113 113 115 103
Faromir 596291 TLTV Faber Koerier 974 0.06 46 0.04 36 115 92 85 69 115 105 127 115 125 113
Laurel 925880 TLTV Lay Out Caveman 144 0.33 30 0.18 18 103 99 4748 2416 102 97 127 117 122 121
Lageno 596600 TLTV Lightning Power 977 0.15 54 -0.01 33 113 89 74 57 102 122 119 110 122 104
Forest 597057 TLTV Faber Laredo Red 896 -0.07 32 0.02 32 110 92 101 89 115 117 125 128 135 105
Lypoll P 916401 TLTV Lyon-Red Clifhanger 1605 -0.33 39 -0.24 33 111 93 138 121 106 112 116 124 126 101
Tiscali 926297 TLTV Tribute Tulip 1395 -0.45 21 -0.05 43 114 90 78 66 117 116 109 122 124 98
Rugny 916801 TLTV Rubens Laurel 624 0.32 52 0.26 42 119 92 103 88 97 108 106 113 112 93
new
Kanzler 597108 TLTV Komtur Stoll 394 0.44 50 0.12 22 108 85 64 57 101 108 127 127 131 101
Ricobar 926240 TLTV Rubens Tulip 489 0.78 81 0.04 20 110 94 128 98 106 118 110 126 127 104
Caribic 921987 TLTV Cared Tulip 1182 -0.18 35 -0.01 39 114 94 237 99 110 107 113 121 122 101
Faber 912913 TLTV Factor RF Nick 907 0.04 42 0.07 36 114 99 49667 15762 128 101 104 118 117 99
Avanti 297505 TLTV Flano ET Leadman 508 0.04 24 0.06 22 104 99 14596 5528 107 132 133 110 131 100
Rustler 297224 TLTV Laredo Red Milestone -74 0.58 39 0.02 -1 93 98 6636 3367 123 115 121 128 134 103

2009)
RZS RZN RZG Calving
Ease
aAa
128 133 147 *** 213456
122 115 144 *** 165234
91 113 140 *** 243615
122 118 138 ** nn.a.
102 124 137 *** 351426
122 139 137 *** 162543
99 107 135 ** 513624
105 114 134 ** 1625534
139 130 134 ** 2244366115
120 111 133 ** 516342
103 118 132 ** 612534
122 125 132 ** 135246
105 107 132 ** 1536642
102 125 131 ** 435261
109 108 131 ** 315264
117 107 131 *** 651423
129 127 130 * 4532216
114 118 129 ** 315264
127 102 129 ** 132654
97 108 129 ** 423165
113 127 128 *** n.a.
114 115 127 *** 3421156
107 121 127 ** n.a.
125 115 126 ** n.a.
114 113 126 ** 2431165
123 125 124 ** n.a.
116 114 124 ** 162534
94 97 123 ** 1652243
109 106 123 ** n.a..
106 112 123 ** n.a.
102 105 122 ** 351426
103 110 121 ** 426135
111 109 121 ** 132456
110 110 121 ** 123456
114 105 120 ** 432516
107 102 120 * 153642
112 103 119 ** 621453
105 109 119 *** 351426
118 112 118 * 243615
117 114 118 *** 321456
132 120 117 *** 162534
105 103 117 ** 132564
102 107 114 ** 132546
108 112 109 *** 423156
120 108 138 *** n.a.
98 106 133 *** 534126
116 107 132 *** 564123
109 109 130 ** 315
119 122 129 *** 432516
101 106 129 ** 246135
107 118 129 ** 564123
120 113 127 ** 432561
98 105 127 ** n.a.
104 106 127 ** 435261
103 108 127 ** 651423
113 118 123 *** 156342
109 107 122 ** n.a.
95 105 122 ** 465123
115 108 121 ** 651432
117 107 121 ** 321456
111 109 120 *** 531462
107 106 120 ** n.a.
104 108 120 * 615423
106 96 118 ** 321456
94 107 117 ** 234156
88 106 112 * 231
98 103 104 ** 213
Abbreviations:
HB-No. ........ Herdbook Number
MGS............ Maternal Grand Sire
Prot.............. Protein
RZM ............ Production Index
Rel.%............ Reliability
Dau ............ Daughters
Herds .......... Herds
Dairy C. ...... Dairy Character
F&L .............. Feet&Legs
RZE.............. Total Conformation Index
RZR.............. Daughter Fertility Index
RZS.............. Somatic Cell Count
.................. Index ( * -1)
RZN ............ Longevity Index
RZG ............ Total Merit Index
Calving ease:
* below average
** good
*** easy
Daughter groups
presented at the recent Winter Shows
Sudan daughtergroup at “Blickpunkt Rind” in Paaren
Jannsen daughtergroup presentet at “WEU Konvent” in Oldenburg
Janosch daughtergroup at “Blickpunkt Rind” in Paaren
Laurel daughters at “WEU Konvent” in Oldenburg
Jefferson daughtergroup at “Blickpunkt Rind” in Paaren
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continued from page 7
well represented by the big, wide daughters
with lots of capacity and very good
udders at the EuroTier (RZS 129, RZN
127). The development of the Jocko son is
different. Juncker (+390 daug.) still ranks
Jefferson (Jocko Besne x Dombinator) daughter
“Jamila”
in the top-40 and improves for udder
health (RZS 109). Jefferson (+1063
daug.) has to face a serious drop in overall
conformation, but still stands at RZE
123. Most daughters has Jannsen (1,622,
+1024). He goes up 3 points RZM and remains
the best Jocko for conformation with
RZE 135, impressively underlined by his
daughters at the EuroTier. Novize has now
5,290 unspectacular but very durable
(RZN 125) and productive (RZM 120)
daughters. His semen is as well available
as sexed semen. Easy calving bull Amador
doubled number of daughters to more
than 1,000 with slight decrease in production
and conformation.
For the first time 2nd crop daughters
(+212) added heavily used Emerson son
Emil II. But it did not affect his figures at all
(RZM 124, RZE 121) and he even gained
in rank.
Most daughters behind Laudan has good
old Juote (27,500). His popularity bases
Emil II (Emerson x Esquimau) “Maike”, 2 La
on best conformation (RZE 127) but as
well the excellent handling of his daughters
with very good milking speed (RZD
128) and temperament (MVH 120). �
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German Holsteins news
Red Holstein
The number of new bulls in the Red Holstein
toplist is limited, too. But with Pandora a
brand new bull takes the top position.
Pandora is a Paradox-son out of a Yava RCdaughter
descending from the famous Adria
family with many positive bull e.g. Rubens Red
(read more about Pandora on the right page).
Despite +1,872kg milk, Pandora breeds
clearly positive fat percentages (+0.18%; RZM
137). The figures indicate that Pandora can
be used as easy calving bull.
The Marmax-son Malvoy is ranking stable in
the top-5. Jerudo (Jerom x Rudolph) cannot
keep his first very high production figures from
August (RZM 123, -3) with many additional
daughters, but he improves for udder health
immensely (RZS 116, +9).
Bravisi can enter the top-10 with 245 2nd
crop daughters and slight increases in all figures
(RZM 127, RZE 114).
Some early new daughters has Cadisco, but
Jerudo (Jerom x Rudolph) daughter “Viola”
they hardly affect his proofs. The other much
used Cadon son, Carmano, didn’t add
daughters (RZE 129). The high newcomer
from August, Ruacana (Rubens Red x Lentini
RC), increases in reliability and overall conformation
to RZE 133 and is in high demand
(RZM 122).
New
With Ruleto another Rubens Red son can enter
the list. His dam is a Luxembourgian Lightning-daughter
classified already in 2nd lactation
VG 88 out of Rubens RC. Ruleto impresses
with the combination of high conformation
(RZE 125) and production (RZM 123). He
breeds slightly positive in fat (+0.01%) and
protein (+0.04%). The linear confirms him as
an improver for frame, very good feet and
legs (121) and all udder traits.
Kanzler is the first high Komtur son. With Stoll
as MGS, he is a real product from the RSH
breeding program. Kanzler can clearly improve
components (+0.45% F, +0.12% P; RZM
108) and conformation with RZE 131, (F&L
127, udder 127).
Stabilo is still the highest Stadel-son (RZM
121, RZE 120). From the Rubens Red sons Rubinrot
(MGS Kom Leader) can clearly improve
(RZM 123, +4) whereas Rugny (MGS Laurel)
just drops (RZM 119). Ricobar remains the
highest Rubens Red for conformation (RZE
127; MGS Tulip). The Faber sons Faromir and
Forest are stable with high conformation figures
(RZE 125 respectively RZE 135). The Lightning-son
Lageno can gain one point in his
RZG to now 122 because
of improved
udder health (RZS
109, +6). Lypoll P is
a good allround bull
with RZE 126, RZM
111 (+2) and positive
udder health (RZS
115). What makes
him unique is the polled
gene. Tribute son
Tiscali can improve
his overall conformation
(RZE 124) especially
by higher figures
for udder (122).
Caribic does not
change much with
237 daughters from the test in Germany and
Estonia (RZE 122).
The number of daughters is growing rapidly
for Laurel and with that figures for longevity
(RZN 118) and especially daughter fertility
(RZR 121). Despite different high sons good
old Faber with more than 15,000 daughters is
still in demand. Avanti remains the best conformation
sire with 99% reliability (RZE 131)
but this position may be taken over by Rustler
with the next evaluations. With 542 German
daughters (internationally more than 5,000)
he stands at RZE 134 with 98% reliability.�

Cassano 328422 TLTV
(Champion x Convincer x Marconi x Aerostar)
Pandora 916884 TLTV
(Paradox x Yava RC x Factor RC x Stollberg RC)
German Holsteins news
Cassano belongs to the very best Champion sons worldwide because he
combines excellent conformation with very high production (1,831kg
milk, RZM 124) and faultless figures for all functional traits. He descends
from the famous Sweet family. The maternal pedigree behind Aerostar
via Cleitus and SWD Valiant leads to Swampy Hollow Elevation Sweet
Ex 92. So the SWD Valiant is a full sister to Broker. Cassano is a type
and strength transmitter. His daughters are extemely long, tall and wide
in the chest. Nevertheless the Cassano daughters have lots of harmony
and dairytype in the best sence of the word. Another highlight in Cassano’s
profile is feet&legs. Despite the high production, the udders are
well attached with very strong ligament and wide and high rear udders.
Within the functional traits he shows the seldom combination of very low
cell count (RZS 117) with fast milking speed. Finally he can be used on
heifers. So the complete package makes him a sire of sons.
Rahn 821429 TLTV
(Ramos x Prelude x Mellwood x Enhancer)
aAa: 651423
aAa: 135246
Rahn is the highest of only 20 early tested Ramos sons. He came up with
his first official figures already in April 2008. In the beginning it was not
yet clear wether his very high figures for the functional traits were just pedigree
or true daughter deviations. Meanwhile his daughters are in the
2nd lactation and his figures went even up to now udder health RZS 125,
longevity RZN 125 and daughter fertility RZR 111. But like his father Ramos
he has more. Within his overall conformation RZE 122 especially
feet and legs excell and udders are very solid with nice squared placed
teats. Rahn daughters are very correct with average size and capacity.
Rahn was tested as well in family farms as in very big commercial farms
and does a good job in all conditions. Average for direct calving ease
his daughters have excellent calving abilities. At a level of +1,220kg milk
Rahn daughters are very persistent and have good maturing rates. In
summary Rahn proves to be a real Ramos son!
aAa: -
Pandora is a new exciting bull with a different pedigree and a tremendous
production that brought him right at the top of the list. His cow family
is well known. The 5th maternal grand dam e.g. is Triple Adria the
great grand dam of Rudi Red. Pandora is an exceptional production bull
combining +1,872kg milk with +0,18% fat and neutral protein (RZM
137). Despite the high production the linear for all udder traits is faultless.
The average sized Pandora daughters can stand the high production
very well (BCS 95) and have sound feet&legs. A highlight in Pandora’s
figures is the excellent udder health (RZS 120). Calving ease and
calf vitality are above average and Pandora can be used on heifers.
Dairy Type (Index)
Body (Index)
Feet and legs (Index)
Udder (Index)
RZE (Index)
Dairy Type (Index)
Body (Index)
Feet and legs (Index)
Udder (Index)
RZE (Index)
Dairy Type (Index)
Body (Index)
Feet and legs (Index)
Udder (Index)
RZE (Index)
88 100 112 124
88 100 112 124
88 100 112 124
121
122
123
112
127
105
100
125
117
122
118
96
115
108
113
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Successful 2nd crop bulls
It seems that it is currently the time of
great 2nd crop bulls. A symbol became
O-Man who dominated the US TPI list as
2nd crop bull and still ranks 4th behind
two other 2nd crop bulls. The newest 2nd
crop wonders are Shottle and Gibor.
What is the reason for this never known
success of 99% reliability bulls? The basis
certainly are the changed breeding goals
in almost all Holstein countries leading to
total merit indices closer related with
Gibor (Gibbon x Sunny Boy) daughtergroup at DHV-Show 2007
overall economy and thus including the
functional traits up to 50%. Different than
for production and overall conformation
the Holstein breed made in average no
real progress for the functional traits.
First these traits are often negatively correlated
to high production and second
because of missing or low reliability proofs
for younger bulls there was no strong
selection in the past. Daughter fertility is
a good example for that. But extraordinary
proofs for functional traits alone are
not sufficient to rank high. Still production
has the highest relative weight in
most total merit indices – like in RZG -
and without high production figures no
bull can reach the top. So theoretically
the top of the youngest bulls with outstanding
production still have best chances
to overtake the sire generation. Therefore
the best 2nd crop bulls are something
special and give the opportunity to
fulfil a breeding dream: maximum progress
with minimum risk!
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German Holsteins news
Fist time on top
Within the extraordinary “99-ers” for reliability
the story of Gibor is special. Born
in August 1997 in France as son of Gibbon
(Southwind x Starwar) out of Sunnyboy
he came up with his official figures
in 2002 ranking #8 due to high production.
But with his pedigree he was not
very popular even though already that time
he showed up with low cell count and
good udders and feet&legs. But figures
were not that extreme like today (see table).
And one of
his most exciting
abilities – daughter
fertility RZR
119 – didn’t show
up at all. His pedigree
index for
daughter non-return-rate
was 87
and with his test
daughters he
could move up just
to 103. So mainly
commercial breeders
in the region
of owner RUW
used him. Important
international semen sales started two
years ago when his 2nd crop daughters
pushed him up to the real top and in January
2009 finally to rank #1. Only one
other region used Gibor early, Scandinavia.
So 2/3 of the 758 foreign daughters
in his Interbull proofs are found here.
Even with an age of 12 years Gibor is
very vital and an excellent semen producer.
There were
only very few early
sons from Gibor
tested. Out of four
with official figures
Giseh (MGS
Bombay) at #55
has most potential.
The most daughters
in his proofs
has Laudan with
30,214 (see table).
Right from
his start he was
used in many
Laudan (Lukas x Raider) daughter “All White” (FRA)
countries. His Interbull proof lists already
daughters in 8 other countries including
USA and CAN. His sire Lukas (Leadman
x Inspiration) was missed as a great sire
of sons outside Germany and Denmark
and so the high ranking Lukas sons Lancelot
and Laudan got international attendance
at once. With the test daughters
Laudan ranked behind Lancelot, but today
Laudan ranks in the top-10 again
and is by far leading. With RZN 139
Laudan is the highest bull for longevity in
the list of active 2nd crop bulls. In the
shadow of Laudan and Lancelot another
Lukas son was almost ignored by the international
Holstein business, Leif. Leif
(MGS Zack) is a real top allrounder and
his figures are absolutely stable, meaning
he could compensate the yearly
change of base and relatively became
better and better. Almost 6,000 daughters
e.g. make him rank #51 in the American
TPI toplist. Extremely strong and
durable cows with excellent udderhealth
are the trademarks of Leif.
The two oldest bulls in the list are Juote
and Faber, both born in 1996. Both have
already many sons proven. From the
30 Juote sons 18 were tested in Scandinavia
where the Juror son and easy calving
bull because of his very good milking
speed and calm temperament in
combination with good udder health and
daughter fertility is still popular. Different
to Juote, Red Holstein star Faber today is
overtaken by several of his already 126
proven sons. Currently Famos and Faromir
are the highest domestic proven sons

and Huiben Allegro the highest from 27 in
the Netherlands.
Mtoto and Jocko Besne
Mtoto was heavily used as an international
sire of sons, but the best sons showed
up in Germany. Mascol is by far the highest
ranking at #2 in Germany with his
proof for the first time including more than
1,000 daughters. He has daughters in
milk already in the Netherlands, Scandinavia
and USA where he proved his high
production and component transmission,
very good udders (USA +1.32 udder) and
low cell count, too. Most daughters so far
have Manager and Merinit with 8,636 respectively
6,118 daughters in many countries.
They have the same RZG, but diffe-
Mascol (Mtoto x Rudolph) daughter “Claudia 4” (NL)
rent breeding pattern. Manager is a udderhealth
and longevity specialist (MGS
Rudolph). International users are especially
satisfied with the very uniform and good
conformation. Merinit (MGS Geoffry) is
an allrounder with much milk (+1538kg).
One of the best Mtoto sons was clearly underestimated
with his daughters from the
test period, Millennium (international name
Pearson). Descending from a French
Luke daughter he sets new limits for low
cell count (RZS 139) in combination with
+3 standard deviations for overall conformation!
Despite he is positive for CVM he
is used heavily once again. Luckily he is
still alive.
The most recent story of success is written
by the Jocko sons. Like with Mtoto Ger-
German Holsteins news
many tested by far
the most Jocko
sons resulting in
some outstanding
top bulls. The first
Jocko son with official
figures was
Jannsen. In his January
proofs the
descendant of the
Blackstar dam To-
Mar Wayne Hay
has 1,622 daughters
enhancing his
overall conformation
to 141. The
other Jocko son
with already more than 1,000 daughters
is Jefferson, but
most of them still have
short records in
progress. He combines
high production
(RZM 123) with
good conformation
(RZE 123). Many
more daughters in
Germany and abroad
will be added in
the next evaluation
runs.
Amador is often forgotten
talking about
2nd crop bulls, but
the easy calving Aaron
son with high production (+1,745kg)
and solid conformation figures (F&L 118)
has still friends.
Laurel (Lay Out x Caveman) daughter “Limone”
Table: 2nd Crop bulls ranked by numbr of daughters
Red Holstein
Good old Faber with almost 50,000
daughters and several active sons was already
mentioned. Avanti meanwhile has
more than 14,000 daughters and many
more are added with every new run. If one
is looking for stature, strength and capacity
the Flano son is still the number one (RZE
131). Protecting for foreudder he can sire
show winners. The same is true for Rustler
with even higher overall conformation (RZE
134). He was co-tested in Switzerland and
most of his 2nd crop daughters are registered
there. The highest ranking 2nd crop
Red Holstein with 99% reliability is Laurel.
His RZG of 123 is based on daughters with
extremely good fertility, feet&legs, udders,
longevity and udderhealth.
Seventeen active bulls with at least 98%
reliability offer unique possibilities for genetic
herd improvement on highest level
with minimum risk. �
Name Num Sire MGS Daug. total foreign daug. Rel. % RZM RZE RZS RZN RZR RZG
Laudan 810695 Lukas Raider 30214 2450 99 114 117 122 139 107 137
Juote 504296 Juror Cleitus 27351 3009 99 94 127 108 112 109 109
Gibor 667908 Gibbon Sunnyboy 10463 758 99 123 120 128 133 119 147
Manager ET 840463 Mtoto Rudolph 8636 1480 99 99 124 132 120 100 117
Merinit 821153 Mtoto Geoffry 6118 1280 99 115 113 105 103 93 117
Leif 801705 Lukas Zack 5958 145 99 112 117 129 127 115 130
Novize 325517 Novalis Jabot 5290 683 99 120 114 102 125 96 131
Millennium 821119 Mtoto Luke 2165 0 99 111 135 139 130 94 134
Jannsen 821197 Jocko Besn Mandel 1622 0 99 113 135 102 105 98 122
Jefferson 810833 Jocko Besn Dombinator 1261 0 99 123 123 94 97 100 123
Amador 840503 Aaron Esquimau 1177 0 99 116 110 105 109 92 119
Mascol ET 840515 Mtoto Rudolph 1024 264 98 134 120 122 115 107 144
Faber 912913 Factor RF Nick 49667 17378 99 114 117 94 107 99 117
Avanti 297505 Flano ET Leadman 14596 2589 99 104 131 88 106 100 112
Rustler 297224 Laredo Red Milestone 6636 6094 98 93 134 98 103 103 104
Laurel 925880 Lay Out Caveman 4748 631 99 103 122 113 118 121 123
13

Aleksandar Maksic, GGI representative
in the Balkan countries, reports on his
way to GGI and gives a brief overview
about breeding in the Balkan countries.
If I look back to the year 2004 when the
first contact with GGI was achieved, I see
that a lot has been done on spreading
German breeding philosophy through
the south European Balkan states since
then.
Working as a manager of four dairy and
heifer growing farms for three years I
was deeply involved in farming and breeding
on a large scale industrial basis.
Several big dairy systems like PIK Becej,
Carnex Vrbas and PKB Belgrade were
the heart of cattle breeding in Serbia. Especially
Holstein breeding was traditionally
located in the northern parts of the
country suitable for Alfalfa, corn and soy
growing.
As a trainee on big Holstein farms I have
passed through all positions within farm
operations. One attracted me the most –
genetics and reproduction. It was very
often that we had up to 200 heifers ready
for first insemination and more than
40 calvings per day. It provided me a
unique perspective on weakness of large
scale dairy operations. Fertility and longevity
have been words we used a lot to
describe the major obstacles during the
morning briefs in the office. Thriving for
bigger milk production we slowly started
to loose a battle with fertility problems
and short herd life. From my point of
German Holsteins news
Growing breeding sucess in Balkan states with German bulls
Modern management is widening out
14
Photo: A. Maksic
view the solution was partially laid in the
introduction of new blood lines and so I
started to search more deeply for a genetic
source that will balance our breeding.
While visiting the German Hall, at
the agriculture fair in Novi Sad, I have
found the address of German Genetics
International at the DHV booth. That’s
how all started. After contacting GGI, I
was invited to an intensive educational
program conducted by GGI to learn more
about the German breeding philosophy.
Today GGI is present at most of the small
and big family farms with milk production
in the Balkan region. Healthy, easy
handling and vibrant heifers and cows
sired by GGI bulls are very common to
find in barns from Slovenia, through
Croatia and Bosnia up to Serbia.
Farmers in every country have a wide
selection of German bulls through the
distribution network of the GGI Partners,
AI Stud Krnjaca in Serbia founded in
1951, CUS Center from Osijek in Croatia,
Intervet from Bijeljina in Bosnia and
the newly founded Center Bikovega Semena
from Slovenia, owned by GPZ on
their disposal.
Slovenia
From 2005 German Genetics International
is present at the Slovenian AI market
through a very succesfull partnership
and cooperation with GPZ z.o.o. Govedorejsko
Poslovno Zdruzenje is a Slovenian
breeding organization of bovine
species. GPZ was established in 2003 by
the national breeding organizations.
Simmental, Holstein, Brown Swiss, Limousine,
Charolais and Cika are provided
by GPZ. Since 2005 GPZ gained the
status of a recognized breeding organization.
Croatia
With the large and rich cropland region
like Slavonia, Croatia is blessed for dairy
operations and was very active in the
first days of the Holstein popularization.
GGI Partner and distributor for the Croatian
market is AI Center Osijek (CUSH).
Located in Slavonia AI Center Osijek
supplies most of the biggest Holstein
farms in Croatia and was very famous in
Holstein breeding in former Yugoslavia.
The main customers of GGI semen are
larger holstein farms located in the crop
region of Croatia. We still receive a positive
feedback from the big operations
(over 1000 cows in milk) who experienced
easy calving and excellent feet and
legs improvement by using the bulls from
GGI.
Serbia
First AI Center “Centar za Vestacko Osemenjavanje
Krnjaca” was founded in
1951 and still today holds a major market
share in Serbia. Since November
2004 AI-center Krnjaca is the partner
and distributor of GGI-products for the
Serbian market. The semen of the German
bulls was warmly accepted by the
top Serbian farms when GGI started in
Serbia. Despite the very harsh competition
on the Serbian market GGI bulls fitted
Solid built cow stable
well in the current fitness era of breeding.
High conception rates, outstanding feet
and legs and udder quality were recognized
at all dairy operations.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
From the beginning of this year GGI and
Intervet Biljeljina started a cooperation
and partnership. Being a partner of the
AI-stud Krnjaca from Serbia, Intervet
was naturally alluded to GGI as the supplier
of German bulls beside the domestic
bred bulls from Serbia.�
Dawn on the Balkan: Growing sucess in Holsteins breeding
Photo: M. Hempe

On October 11th, 2008 Laudan – classified
VG 89 – turned ten years old.
Since many years Laudan belongs to the
most heavily used bulls in Germany and
the international demand is still very
high.
Laudan offers an international top class
pedigree with Lukas x Raider x Blackstar
x Bell x M.E. Tony and sires traits like
high production, good udder health,
fitness and longevity.
His stylish daughters have an average
frame and develop quite well. Highlights
are the dry feet & legs as well as the
high and firmly attached udders. The numerous
daughters from the second crop
all over the world totally confirm this im-
German Holsteins news
More than 500,000 semen doses of Laudan delivered
The Jardin-dam Dea (MF Tonic) has reached
a lifetime
production of
100,000 kg milk.
She is from the famous
German breeder
Grünefeld in
Backemoor. 3.85%
protein makes her
one of the best cows
in this trait. She
also passed on
these extraordinary
protein percentages
to Jardin,
showing +1,500kg Jardin mother “Dea”
pression. Also the first international Laudan
heifers excite quite much.
On July 15th, 2008 the mark of
500,000 delivered doses of the top class
bull Laudan has been exceeded.
Jardin-dam Dea passed 100,000 kg lifetime production
Belt daughter proves longevity
of German Holsteins
Salina VG 89 already has 13 calves and
a current lifetime production of 132,216
kg milk with 5,304 kg fat and 4,293 kg
protein. She is owned by Karsten Kaak
from Ratzbek.
“Salina” (s. Belt)
Laudan
of milk and +0.21% protein.
Novize daughter wins in
Denmark
At the Danish Nationalshow in Herning in
June 2008, “H Novize” won in the class
of cows with two and three calvings. She
produced over 10,000 kg milk in 346
days and was classified VG 88.
“H Novize”, 2 La
E V E N T S
7 th February
„Hessens Zukunft 2009“, Alsfeld
Zucht- und Besamungsunion Hessen e.G. (ZBH)
11 th March
Show „Excellent-Schau“, Leer
Verein Ostfriesischer Stammviehzüchter eG (VOSt)
18 th March
Show „Rind aktuell“, Hannover
Rinderzucht Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH (RMV)
17 th - 18 th June
„German Holstein Show“, Oldenburg
Deutscher Holstein Verband e.V. (DHV)
22 nd October
Show „RUW-Schau“, Hamm
Rinder-Union-West e.G. (RUW)
19 th November
Show "Blickpunkt Rind", Paaren
Rinderproduktion Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (RBB)
23 rd November
Elite Auktion, Hamm
Deutscher Holstein Verband e.V. (DHV)
11 th December
Show "Nikolausschau", Bismark
Rinderzuchtverband Sachsen Anhalt e.G. (RSA)
German Version
available as
PDF
www.ggi.de
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The diva prior to her fotoshoot - make-up please!
Important: Feet&Legs
Pro in front of the camera
Snapshots ‘Day of the Newcomer’ 2008
Break for everyone!
...Drop-off while bullriding: viewer perspective
...and behind the cam, too.
The busy helpers at the briefing-breakfast in the morning
...and that’s how the cow sees itAlso necessary on fairs - milking
...and everybody took something home...
Snapshots ‘EuroTier’ 2008
Many daughtergroups....
...many transmitters.
Chill out...
...with a cup of ‘water’.