Supplier of Genetic Solutions: Increasing PRODUCTIVE LIFE

AI Total supplies Genetic Solutions all around the World. Wether you want to increase the milk production of your herd, change the conformation of a cow or work on better fitness traits. AI Total can offer the genetics which suits your breeding goals. 

Today we are explaining the Productive Life index and what effect it can create in your herd to focus on the Productive Life. 

PRODUCTIVE LIFE explained
The breeding value for Productive Life (hereinafter called PL) is defined as the time the cow spends longer or shorter in the milking herd before removal by voluntary culling, involuntary culling, or death. In general the following counts, the higher the proof for PL the better. As in most countries cows that spend extra time in the milking herd are more profitable. 

The PL value is expressed in months, a sire's PL value shows the expected number of extra months his progeny will stay in the herd compared to the norm, the PL index on genomic tested bulls has a reliability percentage of approximately 75%. 

PL can be associated with older cows, long living cows are aften those who are trouble free, are easy calving, are having less mastitis, less hoof problems and are easier to get back in calf, just to name a few.

CALCULATION EXAMPLE - ARISTOCRAT, +7.5 PL
Mr. Frazzled ARISTOCRAT is in the top of the breed for expected Productive Life of his progeny with a PL index of +7.5

Which means that his progeny will expected to be 7.5 months longer in the herd than the norm: which means almost a full lactation longer!

ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES 

A better Productive Life will increase the profitibility of your dairy operation by:

• Decrease health related costs
  Cows with a higher PL are in general tougher and more trouble free cows compared with cows with a low PL, this means less problems as mastitis, reproduction issues - means less cost
• Decrease rearing cost 
  Decrease rearing cost of your cattle / months on the farm - as the rearing cost can be devided over a longer period of time
• Better cows
  Breeding for a better Productive Life will also mean to breed for betters Somatic Cell Count, Fertility / Reproduction, Udders and Feet & Legs
  As they are highly correlated to the expected Productive Life 
• Lower replacement percentage
  Increase your PL also means you can decrease the replacement percentage in your herd, as a resulting effect you can increase your revenue on cattle sales. As well an option could be to increase the percentage of Beef on Dairy in combination with sexed semen

AI TOTAL top sires for Productive Life
AI Total can offer a great package of bulls which are ranking in the top of the breed for PL, below a few examples of our PL top sires:

Mr. Frazzled ARISTOCRAT  
One of the unique bulls in the breed combining a very high Productive Life index (PL +7.5) with tremendous type: UDC +3.00 / FLC +1.29 / PTAT +2.75 and +2784 GTPI! The first Aristocrat calves are born and impressing in the hutches of many breeders all around the World!


Koepon RAFTER
Huge Productive Life bull (+9.2) with super Fertility Traits, Easy Calvings and A2A2

Rhala Re BLUES-RED
+7.4 Productive Life with almost 2000 lbs Milk, 2.73 cellcount & 1.3 DPR 
Very complete type linear with wide rumps, good udder attachments (-0.02 Teat Length) and >1.5 UDC & >1.1 FLC

NEAL 
+6.9 Productive Life with high components, very easy calving and >2 udders
Great genomic indexes in multiple systems:  gRZG 158 / gNVI +328 / PL 712 / GIVO 4400 / gPFT 4054

3rd dam to PROFIT
Profit is in the TOP of the breed for Productive Life with PL +9.2
US 12/19 GTPI +2767 / >2 UDC / A2A2 / Medium sized cows / FITNESS!!!

DG OH DOBLE *RC 
Unique package of +6.7 Productive Life combined with:
    +1589 Milk / SCS 2.68 / Positive DPR / Easy Calvings and 
    GREAT TYPE:   PTAT +2.45 / UDC +2.42 / FLC +1.64