Issue 09 - CRV Xseed

CRV XSEED TIMES | ISSUE 09 MARCH 2012
CRV XSEED TIMES
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NEW JERSEY
TEST BULLS
BACTERIAL
HOOF DISEASES
CRV Xseed recently
added 2 new test bulls
to their testing program:
Robin Hood and
Wiseman.
This article outlines the
bacterial hoof disorders
Interdigital Phlemon,
Interdigital Dermatis and
Digital Dermatis.
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XSEED
DAIRY
MANAGEMENT
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YOUNG STOCK
MANAGEMENT
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DOORNKRAAL DAIRY winner
of CRV Xseed quad motorbike
Doornkraal Dairy is the winner of the CRV Xseed Year End Lottery. Customers that
bought for more than R10,000 (semen and/or consumables) during the period May
to December 2011 received a ticket for CRV Xseed’s Year End Lottery.
T
he first prize was a Honda TR X250 quad, worth R46,999. Customers could also win
an annual subscription to Veeplaas or Stockfarm or a set of Agri Connect’s sought
after publications. The lottery was a great success. CRV Xseed sales consultants received a
large amount of phone calls from customers enquiring who won the quad bike.
Doornkraal Dairy was the lucky winner. Rina Büchner, their sales consultant at CRV Xseed,
was happy to convey the good news to her customers. The three brothers Corne, Kosie
and Sakkie du Plessis run the farm in partnership with Cassie Lotter. The farm is located
in Somerset East district. They are currently milking 1200 cows of which the majority is
Holsteins, Jerseys and a few crossbred cows. The herd production is an average of 2022 litres per day with an average 4% butterfat and 3.45% protein. The current sires used
are Fidelity, Bertil, Bonfire and Murmur. CRV Xseed thanks Doornkraal Dairy for their loyal
support and hopes the Quad will bring them a lot of convenience in their work.
NEW PROMISING BULL
FROM CRV XSEED: REPORT
Barnkamper Support x Willem’s Hoeve Rita 433 (Shottle) x Willem’s Hoeve Rita 290 (Steven)
x Willem’s Hoeve Rita 233A (Lord Lily ) x Willem’s Hoeve Rita 221 (Sunny Boy) x Willem’s
Hoeve Rita 52 (F16)
Report is the combination of the most
famous and successful cow families
in Holland, which are the Barnkamper
Marilyn’s of Leo de Jong and the Willem’s
Hoeve Rita’s of Dick de Jong. They have
produced a number of good bulls, but they
have also been extremely successful in the
female line. There are no other cow famiies
associated with Holland as much as the
Rita’s and the Marilyn’s. The Barnkamper
Marilyn’s have produced many proven
sires, namely Don Juan (Lord Lily), Bestkept
(Wallace), Forward (December), Marathon
(Shottle), Mandell (Shottle) and Support
(Patron Sabre)
The Willem’s Hoeve Rita’s have produced
bulls such as Ramon (Manat), Applause
(Manat), Restha (Jester), Rishal (Ricecrest
Marshall), Rannek (Convincer) and Esquiri
(Esqumau). The Rita cow family is the
only cow family to have 3 generations
represented at the NRM show in 2000.
Corne du Plessis (left) and Kosie du Plessis (right)
Sakkie du Plessis and Rina Büchner from CRV Xseed
Leo de Jong:
“Two-thirds of our livestock are Marilyns”
The sign at the entrance of the De Jong family’s milking barn in Beusichem leaves little
guesswork as to what cow family is housed there: the 5 x 3.5 metre sign prominently
displays Marilyn 4 (sire: Celsius).
“By now, about two-thirds of our livestock are generated from the Marilyns,” says Leo,
who runs the farm together with his wife Artje and daughter Linda. “A great deal of
volume, a lot of milk and good legs are what all Marilyns have in common. “The cow
family ended up in our barn as a result of our purchase of Mascot embryos from the
American Miss-Fay-Ark Rotate Mary, a daughter from a Bova by Rotate registered at 91
points. “We switched from Blaarkops to HF and wanted to catch up. Bell, Valiant and
Elevation returned in the pedigree.
The daughter of Mascot developed into a cow registered at 89 points with a lifetime
total of 73,463 kilo milk at 4.27% fat and 3.50% protein. But above all, she produced a
considerable number of progeny that could be further expanded in the barn thanks to
successful flushing results. It is remarkable how uniformly the Marilyns breed, which
makes it easy to manage the cows.”
RITA FACTS
• The Rita’s are as Dutch as wooden
shoes and tulips.
• Rita 52 EX-93 her first son by
Esquimau sold well for KI Kampen
and was an udder and feet and legs
specialist.
• Three generations of Rita’s were
present at the NRM 2000.
• A key cow in the Rita family is Rita
233A, the ‘“Big Lord Lily”.
• CRV has sold well over 150.000
straws from Willem’s Hoeve
R Applause.
• As of April 2012 close to 60 Rita-bulls
in 9 different countries have received
a proof.
Willem’s Hoeve Rita 233A
Willem’s Hoeve Rita 433
2 LOCAL NEWS
CRV XSEED TIMES MARCH 2012
New Jersey test bulls
CRV Xseed recently added 2 new test bulls to their testing progam: Robin Hood and Wiseman.
ROBIN HOOD
WISEMAN
Born: 07-04-2010
SA ID: 0070639844
Born: 18-07-2010
SA ID: 0071435473
GENOMIC TEST
GENOMIC TEST
• Protein %
4
• Fat %
4
• Fat
4
• Dairy Form
4
• Somatic Cell 4
• Fertility
4
• Productive Life 4
• Protein %
• Fat %
• Fat
• Dairy Form
• Somatic Cell
• Fertility
HI-Klaas Fabs Robin, dam of Robin Hood
Wiseman
SIRE
SIRE
BEULAH TARANAK BADGER-ET (0061206637)
PREEKSTOEL BJ’S (0065758096)
TOLLENAARS IMPULS LEGAL 233-ET (0068716661)
BREEDING VALUES
M
611
B
37
B%
0.12
P%
-0.01
SCC
SI
-17 109
PREEKSTOEL 0417 (0048316715)
M
537
BREEDING VALUES
B
59
P
46
B%
0.00
P%
-0.02
SCC
-15
SI
111
M
9000
9239
9593
9680
B
457
448
474
492
P
357
371
375
385
B%
5.08
4.85
4.94
5.08
P%
3.97
4.02
3.91
3.98
MI
147
132
133
146
BI
152
131
135
146
PI
148
131
135
146
PARENT AVERAGE
M
918
P
25
B%
-0.12
P%
0.08
SCC
SI
-4 112
WOODSTOCK LEMVIG LINDY-ET (0068712876)
B
48
P
34
B%
0.06
P%
-0.02
SCC
SI
-16 111
M
1059
BREEDING VALUES
B
33
P
30
B%
-0.19
P%
-0.09
SCC
-4
SI
106
LACTATIONS
OA
1 1/11
2 4/1
3 5/0
4 3/0
5 6/0
6 8/2
M
7678
8909
9152
0*
8224
5854
B
310
367
335
0*
358
268
P
270
301
311
0*
299
227
B%
4.04
4.12
3.66
P% MI BI PI
3.52 131 121 127
3.38 137 134 133
3.40 130 121 130
B
21
P
33
B%
-0.46
P%
-0.12
SCC
-6
SI
109
1
2
3
4
OA
2/3
3/1
4/3
5/2
M
9131
7216
8939
8327
* Lactation length less than 305 days
CRV
Xseed
congratulates
Charlie
MacGillivray with winning the National
Master Dairyman 2011 award. CRV Xseed
sponsored this event with a tour to the
All Holland Dairy Show (NRM) in the
Netherlands, taking place in June 2012.
Charlie MacGillivray lives in the Karkloof,
where he has been farming for 38 years.
He is currently milking approximately 350
registered Holsteins (MacNeil Holsteins).
His herd produces an average of about
3 million litres of milk per year, and is fed
mostly on pasture grazing with a small
amount of concentrates fed in the milking
parlour. Charlie breeds animals with high
productivity, strong feet and legs and good,
long lasting udders. He places emphasis on
cow family’s and has produced some great
bulls. The tour to Holland will be a mixture
between farm visits, sightseeing, and
visiting the All Holland Dairy Show, which
is seen as one of the three most important
shows in the world. The tour is scheduled
for 24 June to 1 July 2012.
CRV Xseed Tours 2012
– TOUR TO BRAZIL: scheduled for 14 June to 21 June.
– TOUR TO HOLLAND: scheduled for 24 June to 1 July.
– TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA: scheduled end November/ beginning December
For more information or bookings for either of these tours,
contact Roy Dixon on 082 905 0293 or by email at roy@xseed.co.za.
M
798
B
20
PREEKSTOEL 9918 (0041862996)
BREEDING VALUES
M
427
LACTATIONS
B
390
330
388
385
P
333
290
342
312
B%
4.27
4.57
4.34
4.62
P%
3.65
4.02
3.83
3.75
MI
154
115
135
133
BI
137
102
113
115
PI
145
113
129
127
PARENT AVERAGE
4.35 3.64 114 117 117
4.58 3.88 114 111 114
National Master Dairyman
Charlie MacGillivray and Tineke Dekker
from CRV Xseed
MOLLY BROOK BERRETTA FABULOUS-ET (0043478114)
PREEKSTOEL 0419 (0048316731)
BREEDING VALUES
HI-KLAAS LESTERS ROXY (0035776541)
M
937
LACTATIONS
OA
2/6
3/7
4/8
5/11
B
19
DAM
MOLLY BROOK BERRETTA FABULOUS-ET (0043478114)
HI-KLAAS FABS ROBIN (0044607471)
M
1226
Q IMPULS-ET (0048935902)
BREEDING VALUES
P
23
DAM
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
P
29
B%
-0.30
P%
-0.02
B
8
P
8
B%
-0.22
P%
-0.14
SCC
4
SI
104
LACTATIONS
OA
1 2/1
2 3/0
3 3/11
4 4/10
5 5/10
M
5715
6127
8313
8236
8696
B
229
307
398
372
363
P
215
234
305
312
315
B%
4.01
5.01
4.79
4.52
4.17
P%
3.76
3.82
3.67
3.79
3.62
MI
132
100
120
112
121
BI PI
118 131
104 98
117 110
104 106
104 109
SCC
SI
-5 110
CRV Xseed progeny in action
Taco daughters
of Bassie Bason
at Darling
Harley daughter of
Laurens Gildenhuys at
Eersterivier
Yankee daughter
of Laurens
Gildenhuys at
Eersterivier
Paramount daughters
of Puttergills at
Thornhill
Photo competition
CRV Xseed provides you with the best genetics from all over
the world, and is curious for your experiences with our progeny.
Please send us photos of your CRV Xseed progeny, together
with your experiences to info@xseed.co.za. The best responses
will be published in our CRV Xseed Times and will win 2 mugs
with the winning picture on it.
Donante daughters at
Puttergills at Thornhill
COW MANAGEMENT 3
CRV XSEED TIMES MARCH 2012
Causes, symptoms and treatments of bacterial hoof problems
Important bacterial
hoof diseases
A variety of factors influence the incidence of hoof problems. Certain disorders
are caused by weight bearing on the legs, nutrition and metabolic reasons, others
are infectious in origin. This article outlines the main bacterial hoof disorders
interdigital phlegmon, interdigital dermatitis and digital dermatitis.
CLAW HEALTH SERIES
CRV pays attention to issues around claw
health in a series of four articles.
Part 1: Five steps of hoof trimming
Part 2: Important bacterial diseases
Part 3: Laminitis
Part 4: Management issues around claw health
INTERDIGITAL PHLEGMON (IP)
Interdigital phlegmon is also known as ‘foul
in the foot’ or ‘footrot’.
Cause
The bacterial infection that causes this
disease is not contagious, although when
there is one case often more cows will run
into the infection. Infection takes place
through the interdigital skin. Infection will
only occur if the interdigital skin is not
resistant to the bacteria, but has been
weakened by the weather conditions or
housing conditions, damage through muddy
places, straw or other debris. Interdigital
phlegmon is also a problem in youngstock.
Symptoms
Interdigital phlegmon is a bacterial disease
and causes acute lameness and no weight
bearing on the foot. It appears in one foot at
a time, shows as a reddish, hard, symmetric
swelling in the foot just above the interdigital
skin and the cow will not place any weight
on the foot (tip toeing).
Treatment
Foot baths have never been proven to
be effective in preventing the disease.
Treatment with an antibiotic injection as
soon as possible is important and should be
repeated one or two times. Three days after
the initial start of the infection the interdigital
skin will burst open. After about one month
an overgrowth (tyloma, granuloma, lymax
or corn) between the claws will have
developed. This is often painful for the rest
of the cow’s life.
INTERDIGITAL DERMATITIS (IDD)
IDD (also called ‘slurry heel’, ‘heel erosion’)
is an infectious and widespread foot
ailment that leads to lameness and loss
of production. Foot bathing, dry housing
conditions and other aspects of hygiene
are important in controlling infectious foot
diseases. For many years it has been a
serious, contagious bacterial disorder in
dairy husbandry.
Cause
The cause is dichelobacter nodosusin
combination with the fusobacterium
necrophorum. In tie-stalls the infection is
more severe per case, but in loose housing,
such as cubicle housing (free stalls) and
deep litter housing (straw bedding), the
disease is wider spread.
Symptoms
IDD is best recognized by fissures or
cracks in the heel horn. This undermining
of the heel horn is the second stage of the
disease. Erosions of the heel horn cause
irritation of the corium (the living tissue)
and leads to excessive horn formation. The
foot swells in the pastern area and is very
painful. The hind claws are more likely to
be affected than the front claws. In loose
housing though, the front claws are often
affected too.
Excessive horn growth is mainly seen in
the hind outer claws and is the cause of
Digital dermatitis lesions show in different areas around the coronary band of the claws
Interdigital dermatitis is best recognized by fissures or cracks in the heel horn
overburdening of the outer claw. To control
the weight distribution over the two claws
or to relieve pain on the outer claw, the cow
turns in its hocks, the so-called cow-hocked
posture. This does not relieve the disorder,
as the overgrowth in the outer claw is still
there. Overburdening of the outer claw is
the result and sole-haemorrhage and sole
ulcers develop. Trimming is the only solution
here.
Treatment
The first stage of interdigital dermatitis
is eczema on the interdigital skin. This is
irritating for the cow, but does not yet cause
lameness. At this stage a disinfection foot
batch is very successful; trimming is not yet
necessary.
As the disease develops into the second
stage, the problem increases. At this stage
the infection has considerably undermined
the heel horn and the swelling in the pastern
and/or the sole ulcer is very painful. Foot
baths will not be very successful unless the
claws are trimmed first. It is important to
restore the weight-bearing capacity of the
claws. The fissures must also be cleaned
up so that the disinfecting foot baths will
be effective. In the case of ulcers, relief of
the ulcerated claw is important. Disinfecting
ulcerated claws can be painful, depending
on which product is used, so do not guide
cows through a foot bath until two or three
days after trimming.
Fissures in the heel should be trimmed out.
Foot bathing should then keep the disease
under control.
DIGITAL DERMATITIS (DD)
Digital dermatitis or Mortellaro disease was
described as a separate disorder for the
first time in 1972. It is a different disease to
interdigital dermatitis, interdigital phlegmon
and laminitis. What’s the difference? The
lesions caused by digital dermatitis are
completely different from the fissures of,
especially, interdigital dermatitis. Digital
dermatitis and interdigital dermatitis lesions
appear in the same region of the foot. You
can easily fail to recognize the difference
between them. Both diseases are bacterial,
infectious and depending mainly on housing
conditions and hygiene.
Cause
The cause of digital dermatitis is quite
certainly a bacterial infection, but not a
simple one, it is more like an infection of a
mix of bacteria. On analysis, treponema
bacteria are often found.
Symptoms
Digital dermatitis lesions show in different
areas around the coronary band of the claws
and also in different shapes. Sometimes
the lesions can appear up to around the
claws. Higher than the claws is not feasible.
Lesions are said to have been found on
the udder, but these are quite common on
freshly calved cows with large udders and
are a lot older than the first symptoms of
digital dermatitis on the feet.
Treatment
The best way to treat digital dermatitis
lesions is with antibiotics. The most
common are aerosol sprays, although not
available in every country due to legislation.
On the aerosol sprays there is generally
no milk redraw period. Knapsack sprayers
and hand sprayers with a home-made
antibiotic solution are also used. They can
be applied in the milking parlour, during
trimming and on the cows standing at the
feeding barrier or in the cubicles. Foot baths
are used in case of a herd-wide problem.
Foot baths, however, involve the risk of
bacteria possibly building up resistance to
the antibiotics. In the long run this will lead
to non-treatable digital dermatitis. Formalin
or copper sulphate foot baths can be very
painful for cows.
4 PRODUCT UPDATE
CRV XSEED TIMES MARCH 2012
New Brangus bull available
New Angus bulls from USA
RED BARON
CRV CHARITY (Pioneer x Rito 112)
TRIPLE NICKEL (Objective x Predestined)
• New pedigree for South African market
• +30 Milk with associated good growth figures
• Structurally correct and extremely well balanced
• Smashed the scales at weaning with continued growth,
as well as +30 for milk
• Donor dam is a very sort-after Angus cow
• A striking individual with exceptional length of body
SW08-042
• His sire is the 50/50 Brangus bull Icon from the USA
• Red Baron is an average sized bull with a good sheath
and topline
CRV’S Dairy
Management Guide
Jersey update
VIPOR
GAINFUL
(Valerian x Flower Power x Taranak)
(Badger x Flower Power x Lemvig)
• Comes from the family of Sandblast, the no 1 APR bull
in Australia
• Outcross pedigrees to most Jerseys in South Africa
• His sire Valerian is one of the highest protein bulls
in Australia
• Top new graduate with balanced proof from Australia
• Improves capacity, strength and udders
• Somatic cell count improver
Nowell Power Sandy Sup 92, dam of Vipor
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OVERVIEW OF SALES AREAS AND CONSULTANTS
XSEED
NORTHERN FREE STATE & GAUTENG
Douw Henrico
Cell: 073 151 3181
E-mail: douw@xseed.co.za
NUTROCHEM TEAM LEADER
MPUMALANGA, FREE STATE & NORTHERN NATAL
Johan Herholdt
Cell: 082 378 3334
E-mail: johan@nutrochem.co.za
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Hercules Barnardt
Cell: 073 286 3267
E-mail: hercules@nutrochem.co.za
EASTERN FREE STATE & MPUMALANGA
Albertyn Greyling
Cell: 072 291 5574
E-mail: albertyn@nutrochem.co.za
LIMPOPO
Rudi Yzelle
Cell: 082 824 3868
E-mail: rudi@nutrochem.co.za
NATAL MIDLANDS
Rolf Henriksen
Cell: 082 880 5916
Fax: 033 267 7017
E-mail: rolf@xseed.co.za
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Rina Buchner
Cell: 082 334 0447
Fax: 042 235 1226
E-mail: rina@xseed.co.za
SOUTHERN NATAL
Tim Arnot
Cell: 083 630 4124
Fax: 033 234 4382
E-mail: tim@semark.co.za
SOUTHERN CAPE (George, Knysna, Mosselbay,
Riversdale & Heidelberg)
Robert Bosch
Cell: 082 571 3114
Fax: 044 871 0617
E-mail: robert@xseed.co.za
QUEENSTOWN & EAST LONDON AREA
Glenn Miles
Cell: 071 421 7812
Tel (home): 043 735 2983
E-mail: glenn@xseed.co.za
TSITSIKAMMA
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Cell: 082 306 6385
Fax: 086 528 5371
E-mail: elsa@xseed.co.za
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Fax: 021 854 4159
E-mail: francois@xseed.co.za
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Cell: 082 896 9396
Fax: 021 975 6040
E-mail: louisa@xseed.co.za
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Niell Ferreira
Cell: 072 460 4474
E-mail: niell@xseed.co.za
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Roy Dixon
Cell: 082 905 0293
Fax: 051 444 3327
E-mail: roy@xseed.co.za
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Tineke Dekker
Cell: 082 381 0629
Fax: 051 444 3327
E-mail: tineke@xseed.co.za
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Fransa Holder
Cell: 072 240 8917
Tel: 051 444 3350
Fax: 051 444 3327
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