Mascot still tops UK table
Mascot still tops UK table
For the first time bull proofs from 19 countries have been released at the same time. On this and the next page Sue Rider details highlights from the UK and abroad
UK Holstein Friesian bull proofs published this week by the Animal Data Centre include five UK- bred and proven sires in the top 10 but US sire Mascot keeps pole position (table 1).
Close behind are US sires Southwind, at number two, and Kashome Bell Jurist, third who hold their July rankings. The top four bulls from Genus MOET nucleus herd, Bays Leap, North-umberland, all have ITEM scores over 100. Still fourth and top UK-bred sire is Cleitus son MOET Elsas Crewman. The bull is not marketed in the UK because he is a difficult calving sire.
Moving into fifth position from further down the top 50 is the South-wind son MOET Flirt Dilemma, a full brother to MOET Southwind Flirt C, who was top cow on index in July. Dilemma pushes Blackstar son Genus Longview to sixth place. The next MOET bulls are the Cleitus son Elsas Contest, full brother to Crewman, and behind him another Southwind son Lills Diagram. Both push Ugela Bell into eighth and Cleitus out of the top 10 to 19th.
Sunny Boy moves up to 11th with a PIN of £102 and £97 ITEM.
The ADC has also released converted proofs for the top 50 Holstein Friesian bulls with a minimum reliability of 65% available in the UK (table 2). Converted proofs will be used officially in the UK not Interbull evaluations, which are currently only available for the coloured breeds in the UK. Mascot is the top bull available in the UK, followed by French sires, Fatal and Gibbon, both with ITEMs of 129. Dutch sire Etazon Labelle is fourth with 125 ITEM.
lHighest genetic index herd in the UK according to the Animal Data Centres herd genetic report is the Genus MOET nucleus herd with £81 PIN and ITEM. Second is Spiby Partners Olympian herd with £74 PIN and £75 ITEM, and third Chadwick and Sons with £70 PIN and £69 ITEM. *
Table 1: Top 10 Holstein Friesian bulls with UK proofs ranked on ITEM index (Jan 97)
BullRelMilkFatFatProtProtPINITEM
(%)(kg)(kg)(%)(kg)(%)(£)(£)
Mascot971,29033-0.29 40-0.04141141
Southwind9983428-0.09280.01104109
Bell Jurist9794336-0.0528-0.04106106
MOET Elsas Crewman841,05531-0.1927-0.1196103
MOET Flirt Dilemma8578728-0.07280.03105102
Genus Longview8573527-0.05260.0397101
MOET Elsas Contest851,00325-0.2528-0.0896101
MOET Lills Diagram8492732-0.1029-0.02108100
Ugela Bell9980823-0.17270.0197100
Valiant Rockie9995622-0.2828-0.059898
Table 2: Top 10 Holstein Friesian bulls available in the UK ranked on PIN (Jan 97)*
BullSupplierRelMilkFatFatProteinProteinPINITEM Semen
(%)(kg)(kg)(%)(kg)(%)(£)(£)(£/straw)
Singing Brook
N-B MascotGenus971,29033-0.2940-0.0414114135
FatalAvoncroft7488426-0.18330.0912212990
GibbonSupersires68114427-0.33360.0912612930
Etazon LabelleGenus781,12741-0.0634-0.0212812525
Cubby CheckmateABS Progen651,16431-0.1934-0.0212212335
Eastland CashSupersires8195638-0.02320.02122121-
Etazon CelsiusGenus781,10031-0.1934-0.0212112033
Zandenburger RoyalGenus80704400.18280.0811711928
String MiltonSupersires821,08638-0.0832-0.03120114-
CleiberTopline Sires8190632-0.10300.0111311325
*All foreign proofs converted to UK PTA95 equivalents using latest Interbull conversion.