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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1335459" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>If you read the report from the study from the Minnesota study, on page 5 you will see that from the participating herds that the <strong>Holstein had a stillbirth rate of 9%</strong> compared to <strong>4% for Holstein x Montbeliarde</strong> and <strong>5% for Viking Red x Holstein</strong>. Here is the link to that report: <a href="http://www.ansci.umn.edu/sites/ansci.umn.edu/files/procross_final_f1_first_lactation-lb.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ansci.umn.edu/sites/ansci.umn.edu/files/procross_final_f1_first_lactation-lb.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>The bottom line for any dairy producer is making a profit.</p><p></p><p>Health traits are an important factor in being able to contribute to the bottom line profits. One of the reasons that crossbreds have better health traits is due to the hybrid vigor from cross breeding. Their is no way to tell how much, some of the traits have been given a 4% improvement but many feel with some of the crossbreds the improvement is 10%.</p><p></p><p>Another factor is that many of the foreign countries even with Holsteins ( many of these countries have pedigrees that are full of US Holstein genetics, have concentrated considerably on health traits. In this area the US dairy breeds, this has not been a big priority but is becoming moreso now.</p><p></p><p>With our breeds, Coopex out of France is now looking at Montbeliarde cows that have been born from ET and cows that have been bred to purebred status here is the US to genomic tests for possible bull mothers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1335459, member: 16303"] If you read the report from the study from the Minnesota study, on page 5 you will see that from the participating herds that the [b]Holstein had a stillbirth rate of 9%[/b] compared to [b]4% for Holstein x Montbeliarde[/b] and [b]5% for Viking Red x Holstein[/b]. Here is the link to that report: [url]http://www.ansci.umn.edu/sites/ansci.umn.edu/files/procross_final_f1_first_lactation-lb.pdf[/url] The bottom line for any dairy producer is making a profit. Health traits are an important factor in being able to contribute to the bottom line profits. One of the reasons that crossbreds have better health traits is due to the hybrid vigor from cross breeding. Their is no way to tell how much, some of the traits have been given a 4% improvement but many feel with some of the crossbreds the improvement is 10%. Another factor is that many of the foreign countries even with Holsteins ( many of these countries have pedigrees that are full of US Holstein genetics, have concentrated considerably on health traits. In this area the US dairy breeds, this has not been a big priority but is becoming moreso now. With our breeds, Coopex out of France is now looking at Montbeliarde cows that have been born from ET and cows that have been bred to purebred status here is the US to genomic tests for possible bull mothers. [/QUOTE]
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