{"id":3449,"date":"2020-04-29T14:11:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T19:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:49:33","slug":"calving-ease-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/calving-ease-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Calving Ease Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Low-stress calvings are incredibly valuable. Cows are set up for a successful transition into their next lactation and calves can get off to a strong start. That makes calving ease important in not only dairy on dairy matings, but also beef on dairy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What dairy producers may not know is that <a href=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/beef-genetics-designed-for-dairy-cows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beef on beef calving ease expected progeny differences, or EPDs, do not accurately predict calving ease<\/a> when beef sires are used on dairy cows. Based on ABS Real World Data<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, 20% of sires with EPDs that would predict easy calvings based on beef on beef data don\u2019t meet ABS calving ease thresholds for Beef InFocus\u2122, which can result in misidentifying a calving ease bull 1 in 5 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"328\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_1-in-5-hor.png?fit=1024%2C328&#038;resize=1024%2C328\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_1-in-5-hor.png?w=1290 1290w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_1-in-5-hor.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_1-in-5-hor.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_1-in-5-hor.png?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_sire-A-chart.png?resize=327%2C180\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3451\" width=\"327\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_sire-A-chart.png?w=327 327w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/absglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/04\/Calving-ease-confidence_sire-A-chart.png?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An actual example, Sire A ranks in the top 15% of the Angus breed for calving ease direct, in beef on beef performance one would expect easy calving. However, this very sire was culled from Beef InFocus due to his calving ease performance on dairy cows as our Real World data found that this bull\u2019s performance in beef on dairy resulted in difficult calvings more than twice as often as the average Beef InFocus sires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<strong><em>SHOP:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/store.absglobal.com\/store\/?utm_source=Website&amp;utm_medium=ABS_Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Calving-Ease-Confidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bull Semen<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t rely on beef breed EPDs for your beef on dairy program, confidently select calving ease sires with proven beef on dairy performance with ABS Beef InFocus. Connect with an ABS Representative to get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-stress calvings are incredibly valuable. Cows are set up for a successful transition into their next lactation and calves can get off to a strong start. That makes calving ease important in not only dairy on dairy matings, but also beef on dairy. 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