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The formula of the future cow

Claus Langdahl

Senior breeding manager

VikingGenetics

www.vikinggenetics.com

The Nordic Total Merit (NTM)

ALL traits in

NTM are

of economic

importance

>90sub traits

combined into

14 main traits

Production

36%

Health & Reproduction

51%

Conformation

13%

Traits in NTM

Milkability

Growth

Daughter

fertility

Calving direct

& maternal

Longevity

Udder Health

Clinical mastitis – first 3 lactations

Hoof Health

10 hoof disorder data from hoof

trimmers for first 3 lactations

General Health

>80 diagnoses

Vet registrations – first 3 lactations

Youngstock survival

Survival of calves in

rearing period

Production index

Conformation

22 sub-traits

Temperament


New focus in the world

More focus on animal health and welfare

More focus on sustainability and environmental impact

More focus on antibiotics use in livestock management


Threats towards dairy producers

Activists break into farms

Activists put farms on fire and damage properties


The global challenge and dilemma

In 2020, EU has committed to decrease green house gasses

by 20% compared to 1990 level

In 2050, world food productionneeds to be doubled compared

to 2010 level


Sustainability

7

SUSTAINABILITY

Breeding for sustainability


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NMR

Poland Australia

fat + protein kg - Holstein 305 days, all registered cows

Kg fat + protein, 305 days - Holstein

Updated: 2019-06-21

Source: ICAR (2017), NAV (DK, SE, FIN) & Australian National Herd Recording Statistics (2017) USCDCB

(2018)

Antibiotics use

7,1

38,4

237

0

50

100

150

200

250

SE, DK, FIN EU-29 USA

Use of antibiotics – cattle,mg/PCU (Population correction unit)

Source: European Medicines Agency, European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption; ‘Sales of veterinary antimicrobial agents in 29 European countries (28 EU member states & Norway) in 2015’, Sales in

mg/PCU is weighted according to the proportion of cattle to all food-producing animals in each country, shown as weighted average for VG countries and for EU-29 according to the proportion of cattle in each country from

the total cattle population. USA - FDA U.S. Food & Drug Administration 2016 SUMMARY REPORT On Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals & and USDA cattle population data for both beef

and dairy cattle. Production figures – ICAR (USA), Eurostat


Focus on naturaldefence

Sustainable breeding

goal

Reliable data registration

system

Balance between

production & health for

better profit

Low-risk breeding


Sustainability and low-risk breeding

Sustainable breeding

Optimal breeding

strategy at herd level

Handling of inbreeding

Breeding goalwith traits

with economic

value

High reliability of

genomicbreedingvalues

Controllingrecessive

lethals


Important traits in the breeding goal

Easy calvings

Healthy animals

VikingDefence

Young stock survival

Hoof health

Longevity

Efficiency

Easy calvings


Stillborn calves from heifers


If you want to improve mastitis

resistance, you need to register

Clinical mastitis.

If you want to improve hoof health,

you need to register hoof diseases.

If you want to improve health in

general, you need to register the

actual diseases.

In breeding you get what you go for!

RELY ON OUR

RELIABLE

REGISTRATIONS OF

THE DIRECT TRAITS

Udder healthPowered by VikingGenetics

Improve udder health

Daughters of the bull

EBV 100


EBV 110


EBV 120

21%less

mastitis*

42%less

mastitis*

Bull with EBV 100 equals

population average for the breed

Note: Calculated based on phenotypic values (NAV 2016)

*Compared to population average


Udder health – genetic trend

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90

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110

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

USA Viking CAN NLD FRA DEU

Hoof healthPowered by VikingGenetics


Weights of sub-traits in Hoof Health index

23%

22%

20%

16%

9%

5%4%

Sole hemorrhage

Heel horn erosion

Digital dermatitis + Interdigital

Sole ulcer

Interdigital hyperplasia + Verrucosedermatitis

Double sole + White line disease

Cork screw claw

Improve hoof health

Sole ulcer

Verrucose dermatitis

Interdigital Hyperplasia

Cork screw claw


EBV 100


EBV 110


EBV 120

30%less

60%less

Note: Bull with EBV 100 equals population average for the breed

Calculated based on phenotypic values for VikingHolstein (NAV 2016)

Efficiency

Saved feed

Breeding values describing kg saved feed in a lactation

Consists of 2 sub-indices• Maintenance efficiency

• Metabolic efficiency


Data sources

Cows with direct observations• >800 000 cows measured by tape - Finland

• >90 000 cows measured by scale - Denmark

• All breeds represented

Correlated information (Stature, Body depth, Chest Width)• >2 900 000 classified cows - DFS

• High genetic correlation to BW

3D system for feed intake in dairycattle

Identification• Contours of the back are used to identify cows

Feed intake• Changes in volume during visits are used to quantify feed intake


Results

Identification rate +95%

High repeatability (0,7)

Data from 4 herds before new year • (+1000 cows – Hol, Jer and RDC)

Huge benefit for management• Efficiency, alarm on low feed intake, grouping, behaviour

Will help build a genetic index for metabolic efficiency


Results

Heritability 20%

Positive (unfavourable) correlation to yield

No significant relationship to reproduction and health

Data on Holstein (4000) and Jersey (1200)

Still collecting data

Tools on farm level

30


Reliabilities on GEBV’s

65-80% 50-70%55-75%

Updated: February 2019


X-VIK and beef

Breed benefits

VikingHolsteinFor high production

VikingRedFor good health

VikingJerseyFor high solids

• Animal health and welfare will

play a bigger role in the future

• Its important we can be proud of

what we do and that we

continuously breed for healthier

cows.

• A responsibility for all in dairy

industry

• The good thing is that a healthy

cow is also a profitable cow.

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