Cross Breeding

CROSS BREEDING

2019

DAIRY CROSS NORMANDE PIE ROUGE BROWN SWISS

TERMINAL CROSS CHAROLAISE LIMOUSINE BLONDE D’AQUITAINE INRA 95 YOUR PARTNER FOR: DAIRY, BEEF AND GOAT GENETICS CROSS-BREEDING EVOLUTION International is the leading French exporter of cattle genetics, a supplier of genetic advance for more than 50 years. With its network of partner distributors covering To improve fertility, to make best use of a male calf, more than 70 countries, EVOLUTION International aims to be to seek more functionals, more total solids; these are one of the top 5 exporters of animal genetics in the world. just some of the criteria which can justify the interest of using cross-breeding in a herd. TECHNICAL SUPPORT Here we present the segment on cross-breeding with dairy breeds or beef breeds. To advise you, ensuring you have the best genetic advance. All of the technical experts of EVOLUTION International and The objectives differ, depending on the crossing our partners (Breed Selection Enterprises) are here to advise chosen, but you will certainly ﬁ nd in these pages the you, to provide you with the genetics that are the most suited cross-breeding bull which will suit you. to your needs in cattle and goat species.

GENETICS / GENOMICS Successful breeding programmes at the service of livestock farming. EVOLUTION International offers you the best of genetics for: • Dairy or dual purpose cattle breeds: Holstein, Normande, Pie Rouge, Brune CONTENTS • Large format suckler breeds: Limousine, Charolaise, Blonde d’Aquitaine X NORMANDE X BROWN SWISS • Hardy breeds: Aubrac, Salers, Gasconne, Tarentaise, GAME OVER 5 NAMUR 9 Abondance NEWGEN 5 MATHIEU 9 • Specialised breeds: Rouge des prés and Parthenaise LIMA 5 LUTHER 9 • Breeds for crossing: Blondecross, Limoucross, INRA 95 IBERNATUS 5 HALIDAY 9 and Charolaise Excellence • Goat breeds: Saanen and Alpine. X PIE ROUGE NAVILUS 7 NATIUS 7 EMBRYOS OTHELLO 7 NEVENTER 7 Genetic advance in fast motion. To ensure maximum genetic advance, EVOLUTION International brings you a wide range of embryos that covers X BEEF BREEDS all their dairy and beef breeds. JILOUK 11 JOOPY 13 From dams with conﬁ rmed potential and the best bulls, these embryos will be the guarantee of success for your herds. HAMILCAR 11 IRONDA MH 13 HELVYN EXC 11 HARDI EXC 13 FOLKER 11 GEXAN 13 HIDALGO 12 FRANKY 14 DISCOVER OUR HUSSAC 12 GIMLI 14 NEW WEBSITE: www.evolution-int.com IDEAL EXC 12 HULK EXC 14 GAZOU 12 HAPPY 14 YOUR PARTNER FOR: DAIRY, BEEF AND GOAT GENETICS CROSS-BREEDING EVOLUTION International is the leading French exporter of cattle genetics, a supplier of genetic advance for more than 50 years. With its network of partner distributors covering To improve fertility, to make best use of a male calf, more than 70 countries, EVOLUTION International aims to be to seek more functionals, more total solids; these are one of the top 5 exporters of animal genetics in the world. just some of the criteria which can justify the interest of using cross-breeding in a herd. TECHNICAL SUPPORT Here we present the segment on cross-breeding with dairy breeds or beef breeds. To advise you, ensuring you have the best genetic advance. All of the technical experts of EVOLUTION International and The objectives differ, depending on the crossing our partners (Breed Selection Enterprises) are here to advise chosen, but you will certainly ﬁ nd in these pages the you, to provide you with the genetics that are the most suited cross-breeding bull which will suit you. to your needs in cattle and goat species.

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5 CROSSING HOLSTEIN × NORMANDE TO IMPROVE: HEALTH BEEF VALUE the solution to improve your herd’s functionals, especially A dual-purpose breed that will produce better meat added value calves. 148 udder health and longevity. RICH MILK FERTILITY Improve your value mark-up: LIMA Leverage the hybrid vigour of crossing Holstein × - by increasing milk protein and fat contents Normande to enhance your farm-system fertility. - by better cheese yield value with contents and kappa casein Lactation Days Milk production L Prot % Prot Fat % Fat Prot + Fat Holstein 1 297 9 849 3,25 320 kg 3,72 366 kg 686 kg Holstein x Normande 1 297 9 284 3,47 322 kg 3,92 364 kg 686 kg Holstein 2 298 12 140 3,32 403 kg 3,68 446 kg 849 kg Holstein x Normande 2 298 12 334 3,4 419 kg 3,8 469 kg 888 kg Czech Republic, Luka / Jihlavou, 2019, farms with 800 holstein cows in intensive system 141 NORMANDE TOPS THE FIELD CHEESE YIELD DEPENDING ON PROTEIN CONTENT OF NORMAND BLOOD IBERNATUS 14,67% HOLSTEIN 2.92% 15% 14% X MONTBELIARDE 2.92% 14% 13% X RED SCANDINAVE 2,93% 13% X FLECKVIEH 2.96% 12% 12% X JERSEY 2.96% CHEESE YIELD CHEESE YIELD X BRUNE 3.10% 11% X NORMANDE 3.24% 10% 2,50 2,75 3,00 3,25 3,50 0% 30% 58% 77% PROT% % BLOOD NORMANDE

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159 NEWGEN 3 () 5 CROSSING HOLSTEIN × NORMANDE TO IMPROVE: • • • HEALTH BEEF VALUE the solution to improve your herd’s functionals, especially A dual-purpose breed that will produce better meat added value calves. 148 udder health and longevity. RICH MILK FERTILITY Improve your value mark-up: LIMA Leverage the hybrid vigour of crossing Holstein × - by increasing milk protein and fat contents 3 5 () Normande to enhance your farm-system fertility. - by better cheese yield value with contents and kappa casein Lactation Days Milk production L Prot % Prot Fat % Fat Prot + Fat Holstein 1 297 9 849 3,25 320 kg 3,72 366 kg 686 kg Holstein x Normande 1 297 9 284 3,47 322 kg 3,92 364 kg 686 kg • Holstein 2 298 12 140 3,32 403 kg 3,68 446 kg 849 kg • Holstein x Normande 2 298 12 334 3,4 419 kg 3,8 469 kg 888 kg • Czech Republic, Luka / Jihlavou, 2019, farms with 800 holstein cows in intensive system 141 NORMANDE TOPS THE FIELD CHEESE YIELD DEPENDING ON PROTEIN CONTENT OF NORMAND BLOOD IBERNATUS 14,67% HOLSTEIN 2.92% 15% 33 3 14% (35) X MONTBELIARDE 2.92% 14% 13% X RED SCANDINAVE 2,93% 13% X FLECKVIEH 2.96% 12% 12% X JERSEY 2.96% CHEESE YIELDCHEESE YIELD X BRUNE 3.10% 11% X NORMANDE 3.24% 10% 2,50 2,75 3,00 3,25 3,50 0% 30% 58% 77% • PROT% % BLOOD NORMANDE • •

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190 229 PIE ROUGE BREED = BEST RATIO FERTILITY / MILK / CONTENTS NATIUS A TRUE DAIRY BREED WITH HIGH CONTENTS nd 2 dairy breed in France in milk solids produced : 586 KG per lactation. Best economical valorisation of milk : + 20 € per 1000 L in average. AN ENSURED LONGEVITY Signiﬁ cant improvement of fertility and reduction of calving interval of 3% against the Holstein breed. Strengthening of body condition score and animals robustness. More productive animals in the herd : 44% of cows are in 3rd lactation or more. AN ALTERNATIVE BREED EASILY ADAPTABLE An alternative to Holstein breed easy to blend in your herd : conservation of a similar phenotype. Alternative breed with the best proofs reliability : uses the same reference population as Holstein breed. 181 st 1 polled breed in the world : > 20% of female population is polled. NEVENTER 2

FAT% FAT+PROT (KG) 22 PIE ROUGE HOLSTEIN 92 MONTBÉLIARDE PIE ROUGE BRUNE BRUNE SIMMENTAL MONTBÉLIARDE HOLSTEIN SIMMENTAL 3,7 3,8 3,9 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 200 300 400 500 600

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190 229 PIE ROUGE BREED = BEST RATIO FERTILITY / MILK / CONTENTS NATIUS 2 A TRUE DAIRY BREED WITH HIGH CONTENTS () nd 2 dairy breed in France in milk solids produced : 586 KG per lactation. Best economical valorisation of milk : + 20 € per 1000 L in average. AN ENSURED LONGEVITY Signiﬁ cant improvement of fertility and reduction of calving interval of 3% against the Holstein breed. Strengthening of body condition score and animals robustness. More productive animals in the herd : 44% of cows are in 3rd lactation or more. • • AN ALTERNATIVE BREED EASILY ADAPTABLE • An alternative to Holstein breed easy to blend in your herd : conservation of a similar phenotype. Alternative breed with the best proofs reliability : uses the same reference population as Holstein breed. 181 st 1 polled breed in the world : > 20% of female population is polled. NEVENTER 2929 292 2 (29) FAT% FAT+PROT (KG) 22 PIE ROUGE 92 PIE ROUGE • •

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N°1 in solids production in front of the Holstein: The Brown Swiss is the only dairy breed used in crossing on the Holstein capable of rivalling the Holstein in terms of productivity. With protein and fat contents appreciably higher, BS x HO crossbred animals exceed even the Holsteins in solids from +2 to +4%. 158 HEALTH OF THE UDDERS AND THE FEET AND LEGS LUTHER In cross-breeding, the Brown Swiss brings its high resistance to infections: udder health is clearly improved, as well as the cell counts. The excellent structure of the feet of the Brown black hoof Swiss breed is very appreciable in BS x HO crosses. These two criteria of health enable crossbred animals to have a longer career. TIME SAVED WITH EASY CALVINGS The other great strength of the Brown Swiss is its excellent calving ease since 97.5% of calvings take place easily or without assistance. BS X HO crossed cows demonstrate this quality. There are also fewer losses of calves and they have much better vitality. FERTILITY: FEWER UNPRODUCTIVE DAYS BS x HO crossbreds also beneﬁ t from the heterosis effect as far as fertility is concerned. The conception rate is better, and the AI fertilisation calving interval is reduced: the productivity of the herd is improved!

140 HALIDAY GRAZING SYSTEMS, HOT, ARID ZONES, SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATES: THE BROWN SWISS ADAPTS EVERYWHERE! 0111601 Experimental farm – University of Halle (Germany) Study of 16 farms - Penn State University (USA) 00016111 Holstein BS x HO crossbreds Gain Holstein BS x HO crossbreds Gain 6 Milk (kg/day) 31.5 31.2 -0.3 Milk (kg/day) 32.6 32.4 -0.2 2 Fat (%) 4.19 4.33 +0.14 Fat (%) 3.65 3.86 +0.19 Protein (%) 3.60 3.71 +0.11 Protein (%) 3.04 3.17 +0.13 Fat (kg) 1.32 1.35 +0.03 Fat (kg) 1.19 1.25 +0.06 Protein (kg) 1.13 1.16 +0.03 Protein (kg) 0.99 1.03 +0.04 Cell counts 251000 216000 -35000 Average SCS 2.70 2.28 -0.42 AI/gestation 1.9 1.6 -0.3 Calving-AIF (days) 157.8 145.4 -12.4

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N°1 in solids production in front of the Holstein: The Brown Swiss is the only dairy breed used in crossing on the Holstein capable of rivalling the Holstein • in terms of productivity. With protein and fat contents appreciably higher, BS x HO crossbred animals exceed even the Holsteins in solids from +2 to +4%. 158 HEALTH OF THE UDDERS AND THE FEET AND LEGS LUTHER In cross-breeding, the Brown Swiss brings its high resistance to infections: udder health is clearly improved, as well as the cell counts. The excellent 21601 12/2/201 structure of the feet of the Brown black hoof Swiss breed is very appreciable in BS x HO crosses. These two criteria of health enable crossbred animals to have a longer career. TIME SAVED WITH EASY CALVINGS The other great strength of the Brown Swiss is its excellent calving ease since 97.5% of calvings take place easily or without assistance. BS X HO crossed cows demonstrate this quality. There are also fewer losses of calves and they have much better vitality. • FERTILITY: FEWER UNPRODUCTIVE DAYS BS x HO crossbreds also beneﬁ t from the heterosis effect as far as fertility is concerned. The conception rate is better, and the AI fertilisation calving • interval is reduced: the productivity of the herd is improved! •

140 HALIDAY GRAZING SYSTEMS, HOT, ARID ZONES, SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATES: THE BROWN SWISS ADAPTS EVERYWHERE! 210062 06/12/2012 0111601 Experimental farm – University of Halle (Germany) Study of 16 farms - Penn State University (USA) 00016111 Holstein BS x HO crossbreds Gain Holstein BS x HO crossbreds Gain 6 Milk (kg/day) 31.5 31.2 -0.3 Milk (kg/day) 32.6 32.4 -0.2 2 Fat (%) 4.19 4.33 +0.14 Fat (%) 3.65 3.86 +0.19 Protein (%) 3.60 3.71 +0.11 Protein (%) 3.04 3.17 +0.13 Fat (kg) 1.32 1.35 +0.03 Fat (kg) 1.19 1.25 +0.06 Protein (kg) 1.13 1.16 +0.03 Protein (kg) 0.99 1.03 +0.04 Cell counts 251000 216000 -35000 Average SCS 2.70 2.28 -0.42 • AI/gestation 1.9 1.6 -0.3 Calving-AIF (days) 157.8 145.4 -12.4 •

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INCREASE YOUR INCOME THANKS TO THE PRODUCTION OF HOLSTEIN X BEEF CROSSBRED CALVES! HELVYN EXC 112 116 A unit complementary to milk, the production of crossbred calves, can be set up very quickly. Before anything else, it is calving ease and the value of the calf when marketed which will guide the farmer in his choices. Crossings with bulls with early-developing muscularity correspond well to these objectives. The crossbred calves are better conformed and better marketed by the cow-calf breeder. For fatteners, they are heavier at slaughter (50 to 100 kg more for bull calves, and 10 to 60 kg more for heifers) and have a better killing-out rate. To be sure of the production of a male calf, it is also possible to inseminate your not-so-good breeding cows with a 94 112 beef sire available in male sexed semen. You will ﬁ nd below a selection of sires to use for crossing on your breeding females. They have been selected on their calving ease, their growth and their muscularity

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INCREASE YOUR INCOME THANKS TO THE PRODUCTION OF HOLSTEIN X BEEF CROSSBRED CALVES! HELVYN EXC 112 116 121022 12/0/2012 A unit complementary to milk, the production of crossbred calves, can be set up very quickly. Before anything else, it is calving ease and the value of the calf when marketed which will guide the farmer in his choices. Crossings with bulls with early-developing muscularity correspond well to these objectives. The crossbred calves are better conformed and better marketed by the cow-calf breeder. For fatteners, they are heavier at slaughter (50 to 100 kg more for bull calves, and 10 to 60 kg more for heifers) and have a better killing-out rate. To be sure of the production of a male calf, it is also possible to inseminate your not-so-good breeding cows with a 94 112 beef sire available in male sexed semen. • You will ﬁ nd below a selection of sires to use for crossing on your breeding females. They have been selected on their • calving ease, their growth and their muscularity •

FOLKER 110 89 021 10090 09/12/2010 012 HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE PROOFS IFNAIS Calving ease PCARvbs Carcass Weight ICRCvbf Carcass growth 9 CRvbs Growth RDTvbs Killing-Out Rate Early muscularity conformation of the calves Muscular development MPV3S DMvbs at 3 weeks 112 101 CONFvbf Carcass conformation IABvbf Total merit for beef abilities in farm • • •

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