The

Montbeliarde Breed

Native of Jura plateau from eastern part of France, the Montbeliarde breed belongs to the European branch of Pie-Rouge breeds. Subjected to strong ranges of temperatures, Jura climate is continental, the Montbeliarde breed got adapted to its environment. For several decades, the Montbeliarde has been expanded in other mountain areas in France but also in other regions, including foreign countries with tough climates. In 2010, the Montbeliarde breed stands for 16.2% of the controlled cows in France which leads her to the place of second dairy breed.

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Catalog

VALFIN JB

FR 3920260325

ISU 165

NATIF JB x IMPOSTEUR

MILK PROOFS

Rel: 91 – 94 daughters – 86 herds

INEL 51 Protein lbs 86 Fat lbs 112 Protein % .14 Fat % .24 Milk lbs 1668

Belle

Boheme

Proof 12/1

FUNCTIONALS

Udder Health Composite 1.0 Somatic Cells Count 1.3 Clinical Mastitis 0.5 Fertility Composite 0.0 Fertility Cows 0.8 Fertility Heifers 0.1 Interval Calving – 1st AI -1.8 Longevity 0.3 Calving Ease (aver.89) 91 Calving Ability (aver.89) 91 Milking Speed 102 Disposition 107

TYPE PROOFS Rel: 89 – 83 daughters – 76 herds

Type Composite 116 Frame 106 Stature 116 Chest Width 94 Chest Depth 102 Body Depth 116 Rump 101 Rump length 114 Hips width 94 Thurl width 84 Rump angle 84 Feet and Legs 108 Rear leg set 95 Foot angle 99 Udder 119 Fore udder attachment 114 Rear udder height 121 Rear udder width 95 Udder depth 111 Udder balance 116 Udder cleft 101 Teats 114 Front teat placement 120 Teat orientation 114 Teat length 106 Teat shape 81 Beef value 87

aAa: 156324

Kappa caseine: BB

SOS JB

FR 3922750586

ISU 126

INDUVI x FAUCON

MILK PROOFS

Rel: 94 – 274 daughters – 239 herds

INEL 37 Protein lbs 57 Fat lbs 128 Protein % -.12 Fat % .23 Milk lbs 2257

Uranie

Unique

Proof 12/1

FUNCTIONALS

Udder Health Composite 0.6 Somatic Cells Count 1.2 Clinical Mastitis -0.4 Fertility Composite -0.4 Fertility Cows -0.3 Fertility Heifers 0.1 Interval Calving – 1st AI -0.6 Longevity -0.5 Calving Ease (aver.89) 87 Calving Ability (aver.89) 88 Milking Speed 97 Disposition 117

TYPE PROOFS Rel: 91 – 116 daughters – 100 herds

Type Composite 95 Frame 112 Stature 105 Chest Width 111 Chest Depth 104 Body Depth 111 Rump 102 Rump length 102 Hips width 103 Thurl width 97 Rump angle 99 Feet and Legs 95 Rear leg set 104 Foot angle 106 Udder 84 Fore udder attachment 78 Rear udder height 103 Rear udder width 93 Udder depth 85 Udder balance 86 Udder cleft 96 Teats 98 Front teat placement 76 Teat orientation 91 Teat length 93 Teat shape 102 Beef value 100

aAa:

Kappa caseine: BB

TARKO JB

FR 3910570245

ISU 125

MERCI x FAUCON

MILK PROOFS

Rel: 89 – 86 daughters – 79 herds

INEL 17 Protein lbs 26 Fat lbs 42 Protein % .06 Fat % .19 Milk lbs 561

Verriere

Violette

Proof 12/1

FUNCTIONALS

Udder Health Composite 0.1 Somatic Cells Count 0.3 Clinical Mastitis -0.2 Fertility Composite 0.6 Fertility Cows 0.6 Fertility Heifers 0.3 Interval Calving – 1st AI 0.3 Longevity -0.1 Calving Ease (aver.89) 91 Calving Ability (aver.89) 90 Milking Speed 113 Disposition 101

TYPE PROOFS Rel: 90 – 79 daughters – 73 herds

Type Composite 103 Frame 107 Stature 105 Chest Width 97 Chest Depth 116 Body Depth 106 Rump 103 Rump length 119 Hips width 109 Thurl width 96 Rump angle 116 Feet and Legs 97 Rear leg set 101 Foot angle 94 Udder 100 Fore udder attachment 100 Rear udder height 103 Rear udder width 90 Udder depth 100 Udder balance 83 Udder cleft 117 Teats 99 Front teat placement 108 Teat orientation 106 Teat length 97 Teat shape 112 Beef value 97

aAa:

Kappa caseine: AB

VIBRATO JB

FR 3919314605

ISU 124

ORAN JB x JUVISY

MILK PROOFS

Rel: 88 – 74 daughters – 66 herds

INEL 22 Protein lbs 42 Fat lbs 42 Protein % .01 Fat % -.03 Milk lbs 1250

Charmante

Comtesse

Proof 12/1

FUNCTIONALS

Udder Health Composite -0.8 Somatic Cells Count -0.4 Clinical Mastitis -1.2 Fertility Composite 0.3 Fertility Cows 0.3 Fertility Heifers 0.4 Interval Calving – 1st AI -0.1 Longevity 0.5 Calving Ease (aver.89) 87 Calving Ability (aver.89) 89 Milking Speed 107 Disposition 115

TYPE PROOFS Rel: 88 – 64 daughters – 59 herds

Type Composite 107 Frame 96 Stature 98 Chest Width 104 Chest Depth 100 Body Depth 87 Rump 98 Rump length 98 Hips width 99 Thurl width 94 Rump angle 81 Feet and Legs 111 Rear leg set 87 Foot angle 102 Udder 110 Fore udder attachment 104 Rear udder height 122 Rear udder width 112 Udder depth 110 Udder balance 108 Udder cleft 107 Teats 110 Front teat placement 90 Teat orientation 98 Teat length 110 Teat shape 108 Beef value 104

aAa: 351426

Kappa caseine: AA

ADN JB

FR 3936891094

ISU 122

NIKOS x GONCOURT

MILK PROOFS

Rel: 89 – 86 daughters – 83 herds

INEL 15 Protein lbs 37 Fat lbs -22 Protein % .12 Fat % -.27 Milk lbs 557

Cigale

Capucine

Proof 12/1

FUNCTIONALS

Udder Health Composite 0.0 Somatic Cells Count 0.1 Clinical Mastitis -0.1 Fertility Composite -0.8 Fertility Cows -0.6 Fertility Heifers 0.4 Interval Calving – 1st AI -1.5 Longevity 0.1 Calving Ease (aver.89) 93 Calving Ability (aver.89) 89 Milking Speed 107 Disposition 108

TYPE PROOFS Rel: 89 – 80 daughters – 77 herds

Type Composite 114 Frame 107 Stature 107 Chest Width 116 Chest Depth 96 Body Depth 99 Rump 100 Rump length 94 Hips width 89 Thurl width 88 Rump angle 88 Feet and Legs 113 Rear leg set 97 Foot angle 92 Udder 111 Fore udder attachment 116 Rear udder height 99 Rear udder width 95 Udder depth 103 Udder balance 106 Udder cleft 90 Teats 117 Front teat placement 111 Teat orientation 123 Teat length 119 Teat shape 90 Beef value 110

aAa: 135246

Kappa caseine: AB

ONZE JB

FR 3998006455

ISU 119

FAUCON x BOIS LEVIN

MILK PROOFS

Rel: 94 – 215 daughters – 177 herds

INEL 22 Protein lbs 37 Fat lbs 66 Protein % -.05 Fat % .06 Milk lbs 1316

Onze

Roulette

Proof 12/1

FUNCTIONALS

Udder Health Composite 0.2 Somatic Cells Count 0.4 Clinical Mastitis -0.2 Fertility Composite -0.1 Fertility Cows 0.1 Fertility Heifers 0.8 Interval Calving – 1st AI -1.4 Longevity 0.3 Calving Ease (aver.89) 93 Calving Ability (aver.89) 91 Milking Speed 104 Disposition 98

TYPE PROOFS Rel: 93 – 149 daughters – 126 herds

Type Composite 98 Frame 96 Stature 95 Chest Width 97 Chest Depth 99 Body Depth 96 Rump 88 Rump length 91 Hips width 90 Thurl width 80 Rump angle 87 Feet and Legs 110 Rear leg set 67 Foot angle 85 Udder 100 Fore udder attachment 95 Rear udder height 131 Rear udder width 86 Udder depth 85 Udder balance 108 Udder cleft 109 Teats 100 Front teat placement 98 Teat orientation 85 Teat length 102 Teat shape 105 Beef value 97

aAa:

Kappa caseine: AA

Crossbreeding figures

Fertility

Jura Bétail undertakes it!Semen – especially from the best sires – is only as good as its fertilizing ability. Jura Betail is taking steps to ensure the semen quality of our best sires so each cow has the opportunity to calve regu-larly.

PLEDGE #1:Jura-Bétail will not market semen from sires that fail fertility tests during their first use period;Breeders can trust the quality of the new sires.

PLEDGE #2:Jura-Bétail guarantees 8 million live sperm count per straw after thawing.This minimum threshold of concentra-tion at the time of AI guarantees its good fertility.

PLEDGE #3:Jura-Bétail will publish the fertility results of the main sires used every yearBreeders get the specifics on the fertility of our sires.

BEttEr ConCEPtion in thE Jura DistriCt!

The fertility of French herds have beenanalyzed in 2008 by the French Li-vestock Institute. This study clearly shows that Jura is the #1 district for fertility And the positive effect of our main breed doesn’t explain everything.Indeed, within the Montbeliarde breed,out of 100 AI, Jura Montbeliarde bree-ders get 4 to 7 more calves than those in other districts.These results vindicate Jura-Bétail’s Fer-tility pledges.

Holstein Montbeliarde x Holstein

1st service conception rate 1st lactation 25% 27%

5th lactation 17% 43%

Pregnancy rate 1st lactation 16% 19%

5th lactation 12% 26%

Somatic cells count 1st lactation 83,000 68,000

5th lactation 203,000 133,000

Calving difficulty at 1st calving 17.7 % 7.2 %

Stillbirth at 1st calving 14.0 % 6.2 %

Source: Overview of California study

% of cows starting a 2nd lactation within fixed intervals

Lifetime profit within 4 years of first calving (ignoring health costs)

1122 d.

857 d.

5194 $

3 819 $