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ANABORAPI1960 - 2010MAGAZINE N. 40ANABORAPIStrada Provinciale per Trinità 32/A12061 Carrù (Cn) - ITALY

YEAR 201022010Razza PiemontesePeriodico di informazioni tecniche economichee d’attualità a cura dell’AssociazioneNazionale Allevatori Bovini di RazzaPiemontese.Direttore Responsabile:Andrea QuaglinoRedazione:Fabia PacherRealizzazione grafica e stampa:Tipolitografia Ghibaudo - CuneoEnte Morale giuridicamente riconosciutoD.P.R. n. 1877/13-11-63Sede operativa e legale:Strada Trinità. 32/A12061 CARRÙ (CN)Telefono 0173 750.791Telefax 0173 750.915e-mail: info@anaborapi.itweb: www.anaborapi.itAutorizzazione del Tribunale di Mondovìnumero 1/04Magazine n. 40È consentita la riproduzionedi testi o fotografie citando la fonte.RaZZa ANABORAPI1960 - 2010PiEMoNtEsE39sommario31st National showof the Piemontese cattle breed3triplet at sant'albano710th Photographic ContestMy Piemontese8trip to ireland for the PJCandrea Colomberois it possible to improve the animalstemperament through the selection?andrea albera - Giacomo Grillone11Pictures from Colombia11Proven siresandrea albera

YEAR 201031 st National ShowLast 5-6-7November inCuneo took placethe 31st NationalShow of thePiemontese breed.The attendancewas very high:more than 10.000people crowdedthe MIAC area inCuneo. The farmsregistered at theshow were 35 andmore than 200animals weredisplayed. Thelevel is every yearhigher especiallyfor the females: allthe animals showedgood muscularityand perfectionaccording to the breedstandards.The judges have been:Depetris Piergiorgio for heiferscategories, RaccaGianfrancesco for the bullsand Momo Federico, at hisfirst time at the Nationalshow, judged the cows.As every year many foreignersbreeders coming fromGermany, Ireland, Hollandand Costa Rica attended theshow all of them interestedin getting updated at thegenetic improvement. Inparticular the IrishPiemontese Society, togetherwith Bord Bia, presentedin a stand the results oftheir activity with thePiemontese in Ireland.At the top of the bulls thereis Muschio by LuinoEdoardo of CaramagnaPiemonte, bull with excellentsize, good conformationand wide rump. His reserveis Punto by Vignolo Marcoof Morozzo, slightly smallerbut still very good with highmeat conformation, longwith good set leg. For theyoung bulls the winner isQuiz by Isaia Carlo ofCuneo and reserve Qugloby Vignolo Marco. In thecows categories the overallchampion is Legaby Delsoglio brothersof Fossano: amedium-big sizecow with exceptionalfiness andcorrectness. Vicechampionis Liraby Isaia Carlo, amother of sire, bigsize but slightlyless correct thanLega. Both cowswere born in 2004and got 5 calvings.In heifers categoryat the top placedQuestura byDelsoglio brothersand at the secondplace Pioppa byRigamonti MariaLuisa from Oltrona SanMamette.The prize Amedeo Damiano,for the best breeder of theshow this year has beengiven to Delsoglio brothersfrom Fossano.As every year on Saturdaymorning classes of studentsfrom 14 Agricultural highschools prepared their judgmentsfor the morphologicalappraise and compared itwith that one of the officialjudge. The winner was class5 A from MondovìInstitute.And again Sapori della carnehas been a big success, too.3

YEAR 2010The pavilion with thetypical Italian dishesprepared withPiemontese meat, pork,duck, chicken, rabbitetc. was overcrowded allday. The Coalvi(Piemontese certifiedbutchers) stands weresold out meaning thatthe consumers searchand appreciate the qualitiesof this unique beef.4TRIPLETS AT SANT’ALBANOCow number 30 from farm Magliana at Sant’Albano Stura (CN) isnamed Festa (Party) and it has actually been a party on the 28th ofNovember when hertriplets were born: twoheifer-calves and one bullcalfsons of Ottmar, a verygood double line AI sire. Festawas born in July 2001 andin 9 years she reared 10 calves,she already had 8 calvingsand all spontaneous: a realrecord! Even the triplets wereborn naturally, weight about30 kg and are all in good health.Buona Festa! (Have agood Party!)

YEAR 2010XXXI STNATIONAL SHOWOVERALL RESULTSBULLSOVERALL CHAMPION: IT004990226441MUSCHIO (IGLU' FA X VIALLI FA)LUINO EDOARDO -CARAMAGNA PIEMONTE (CN)RESERVE: IT004990623450 PUNTO(NORTON X DINGO)VIGNOLO MARCO – MOROZZO (CN)YOUNG BULLSOVERALL CHAMPION: IT004990697818QUIZ (ORBASSANO X GOLFO FA)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN )RESERVE: IT004990707686 QUGLO(ONORE X BILLY FA)VIGNOLO MARCO - MOROZZO (CN )COWSOVERALL CHAMPION: IT004990024545LEGA (FORD FA X VIALLI FA)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT004900223201 LIRA(COBRA FA X CAIO)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN)HEIFERSCHAMPION: IT004990651337QUESTURA (NEUTRO FA X EPICO)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT013990035798 PIOPPA(LOTUS FA X DELANO FA)RIGAMONTI M.LUISA - OLTRONA DISAN MAMETTE (CO)RESULTSBY CATEGORIESCATEGORY 1 - YOUNG BULLS FROM8 UP TO 11 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990746633 RINGER(OTTAVO FA X FORD FA)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT004990784425 RISO (MRELEGANCE X DUBLINO)VIGNOLO MARCO - MOROZZO (CN)CATEGORY 2 - YOUNG BULLS FROM11 UP TO 14 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990707686 QUGLO(ONORE X BILLY FA)VIGNOLO MARCO - MOROZZO (CN)RESERVE: IT004990710251 QUIZ(URIAL FA X GOLDEN)QUAGLIA'S FARM 1 DI QUAGLIAFRANCESCA - SALUZZO (CN)CATEGORY 3 - YOUNG BULLS FROM14 UP TO 18 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990697818 QUIZ(ORBASSANO X GOLFO FA)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN)RESERVE: IT001990435810 QUIK(MERLO X VISCHIO FA)ROSSO LORENZO E GIUSEPPE SS -POIRINO (TO)CATEGORY 4 - BULLS FROM 18 UPTO 24 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990623450 PUNTO(NORTON X DINGO)VIGNOLO MARCO - MOROZZO (CN)RESERVE: IT001990394493 QUARK(LOTUS FA X SUPREMO-ET FA)CAFFER MARIO - CAVOUR (TO)CATEGORY 5 - BULLS FROM 24 UPTO 36 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT001990173326 PRODI(ELISIR FA X DELANO FA)VALLA ROBERTO - CASTAGNOLEPIEMONTE (CN)RESERVE: IT001990336420 PRATO(MERLO X CILO)CATEGORY 6 - BULLS OVER 36MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990226441MUSCHIO (IGLU' FA X VIALLI FA)LUINO EDOARDO - CARAMAGNAPIEMONTE (CN)RESERVE: IT001990087012 MERLO(ELETTO FA X TANO-232 FA)ROSSO LORENZO E GIUSEPPE SS -POIRINO (TO)CATEGORY 7 - HEIFERS FROM 8UP TO 11 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990784435 RIVIERA(ONORE X TUONO FA)VIGNOLO MARCO - MOROZZO (CN)RESERVE: IT004990746099 ROMA(ORBASSANO X GION)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN)CATEGORY 8 - HEIFERS FROM 11UP TO 14 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT013990044201 QUEEN(LOTUS FA X DELANO FA)PELLEGRINI GIUSEPPE - APPIANOGENTILE (CO)RESERVE: IT001990436321 QUERCIA(MIGLIORE FA X TRONCO FA)VALLA ROBERTO - CASTAGNOLEPIEMONTE (TO)CATEGORY 9 - HEIFERS FROM 14UP TO 18 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990651367QUERTA (MANSUETO X DELTA FA)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT001990411643QUANTITA (LUPIN FA X UMAYOR FA)ROSSO DOMENICO - VILLAFRANCAPIEMONTE (TO)CATEGORY 10 – HEIFERS FROM 18UP TO 24 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT004990651337QUESTURA (NEUTRO FA X EPICO)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT004990697804QUARANTA (TUONO FA X COBRA FA)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN)CATEGORY 11 – HEIFERS FROM 24UP TO 30 MONTHSCHAMPION: IT013990035798 PIOPPA(LOTUS FA X DELANO FA)RIGAMONTI M.LUISA - OLTRONA DISAN MAMETTE (CO)RESERVE: IT004990450122 PETRA(NEMO X ELEFANTE)COLOMBERO BERNARDO -VILLAFALLETTO (CN)CATEGORY 12 – COWS UP TO 4YEARSCHAMPION: IT004990506131 OSSIA(MIGLIORE FA X VIALLI FA)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT013990023112 NURSE(GOLFO FA X TYSON FA)PELLEGRINI GIUSEPPE - APPIANOGENTILE (CO)CATEGORIA 13 – COWS FROM 4 UPTO 6 YEARSCHAMPION: IT001990039214MELISSA (DELANO FA X UNICO)ROSSO DOMENICO - VILLAFRANCAPIEMONTE (TO)RESERVE: IT004990138186 MABEL(BAGGIO FA X URIAL FA)QUAGLIA'S FARM 1 DI QUAGLIAFRANCESCA - SALUZZO (CN )CATEGORY 14 – COWS FROM 6 UPTO 10 YEARSCHAMPION: IT004990024545 LEGA(FORD FA X VIALLI FA)DELSOGLIO ROBERTO GIUSEPPE EDOMENICO - FOSSANO (CN)RESERVE: IT004900223201 LIRA(COBRA FA X CAIO)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN)CATEGORY 15 – COWS OVER 10YEARSCHAMPION: IT004203006294DIAMANTE-ET (UMAYOR FA X ERGOFA)QUAGLIA PIETRO - SALUZZO (CN)RESERVE: IT203CN656C046 CARINA-ET (TRISTANO FA X OMERO FA)QUAGLIA PIETRO - SALUZZO (CN)COW-CALF PAIRCHAMPION: IT097AT152C001 CARLA-CAROLINA (URIAL FA X RIBO' FA)CALF: IT005990057515 ROMINA –IT005990057516 ROMANA (LINCOLNFA X URIAL FA)AZ. AGR. CONTI NUVOLI DI GRINZANESAN DAMIANO D'ASTI (AT)RESERVE: IT004990183788 NAOMI(GOLFO FA X VIALLI FA)CALF: IT004990746119 RUBINA(NORD FA X GOLFO FA)ISAIA CARLO - CUNEO (CN)5

YEAR 201031 st NATIONAL SHOWBUllChaMPioNBUllREsERVEIT004990226441 MUsChioLuino Edoardo - Caramagna PiemonteIT004990623450 PUNtoVignolo Marco - MorozzoYoUNG BUllChaMPioNYoUNG BUllREsERVEIT004990697818 QUiZIsaia Carlo - CuneoIT004990707686 QUGloVignolo Marco - MorozzoCowChaMPioNCowREsERVEIT004990024545 lEGaDelsoglio brothers - FossanoIT004900223201 liRaIsaia Carlo - CuneohEiFERChaMPioNhEiFERREsERVE6IT004990651337 QUEstURaDelsoglio brothers - FossanoIT013990035798 PioPPaRigamonti M.Luisa - oltrona di S. Mamette

YEAR 2010PHOTOGRAPHICCONTEST10thMy Piemontese10 My Piemontese1° 2°3°1 st place colour"The round table"Burzio Mario - La Morra2 nd place colour"Backlighting"Supertino Ausilia - Savigliano3 rd place colour"The young girl who whispers to cows"Russo Antonio - Racconigi1°2°1 st place black-white"Orchidea's source"Pagliano Simona - Rocca De' Baldi2 nd place black-white"Two Piemontese with a pigeon"Cilenti Roberto - Gressoney La Trinitè3 rd place black-white"My Piemontese cows and my Piemontese man"Risso Elena - Robilante3°1 st prize "Foreign Photo""The Piemontese in the card"C. J. Van De Nostrum - HollandPrize "Curious photo""Close encounter"Baj Massimiliano - Bra7

YEAR 2010TRIP TO IRELAND FOR THE PJCThe PJC is already on a journey!Saturday 16th of October somemembers of the PJC (PiemonteseJunior Club) flew from Bergamoairport to Dublin, Ireland. Thenext day we moved toward theSouth and started the tour tolocal farms guided by MichelFennelly, President of the IrishPiemontese Society. First of all Iwant to highlight the kind availabilityand the warm welcomingof the Irish breeders whoalways also treated us with deliciousmeals. The agriculturaland breeding systems are differentthan ours: the weather andclimate allow the pasturage fora long part of the year, besidethere isn’t so much hay croppingbecause of the wet andhumid weather conditions. Theanimals for fattening are fedmainly with straw, concentrateand addition of other feed stuffas sugar beet. The Piemontesebreed is quite appreciated andis used for crossbreeding withother beef breeds or also bred aspurebred: in this case we definitelysaw very good animals andAndrea Colomberothe breeders showed a very highlevel about our breed.We also had pleasant time ofentertainment as the hurlingmatch, a very popular sport inIreland, and the dogs race:always with a good beer, ofcourse.Our stay ended on Wednesdaythe 20th visiting Dublin beforegoing back to Italy. For the breedersto travel is a rare opportunityand when it happens wetry to take the best from a professionaland personal point ofview. Even this trip has beenextremely interesting for us aswe got to know different farmingsystems.On behalf of the PJC I like tothank the Irish PiemonteseSociety for all they did for us.Grazie e arrivederci!8Michael Fennelly president of the Irish Society (second from left standing) and Paolo Demarchi, president of the PJC(third from right standing) with the Italian and Irish breeders.

YEAR 2010Is it possible to improve the animalstemperament through the selection?The availability of docile animalsand easy to handle is atrait that, in farming, is turningto be more andmore importantthrough the years.Even if it doesn'tshow any economicadvantage, having adocile herd can getthe management ofthe shed easier andreduce the risks ofaccidents both forpeople and animals.Talking about temperamentwe mean theattitude from the animalto relate to thehumans; there is alsoa component concerningto the behaviour towardits likes.Changing of the farmsThe farms registered in theHerd Book have constantlyincreased their size going from34 animals (average) in 1985to over 65 in the farms today.Beside the sizes in the lastyears also the management ofthe herd had changed: freestalling spread both for breedingthe cows and for the fattening.Milking the cowsbecame less frequent and thecalves are reared in pens alwayswith the mothers till weaning.All these sides caused a substantialdecrease of interactionbetween the breeder and hisanimals; the direct contactsare limited in few occasionsduring the animal life: calvings,inseminations, sanitary treatments,transfers.Furthermore breeding of thecalves under the mothersAndrea AlberaGiacomo GrilloneSecond test phase:scared calf searching for a way outincreased the protectioninstinct by the cows that sometimecan bring to some dangerousaggressions for the personswho get inside the cows“territory”.For all these reasons checkingif the selection could supplymore docile animals is surelyinteresting.How can we check the temperament?To select a trait requires alwaysmeasures about the trait itself.In this case it's not easy todefine a method of collectingaccurate and objective data.Several and different methodshave been suggested all basedon the animal reactions whenapproached by a person: theyevaluate the minimum distancebefore the animal goes awayor the speed of going away.Other methods involve thatthe operator makes the animalget in a delimited part of apen. These methods requirespecial facilities with specificsizes and might be dangerous.Another side to consideris the age of theanimal: in general it'sbetter to do the trialjust before the weaningfirst of all forsecurity and thenbecause the attitudeof the animals itself isnot yet influenced bythe human contacts.Cattle learn from pastexperiences andmight modify theirbehaviour. Someresearches even pointout that there mightbe also a maternalinfluence: calves from aggressivecows could turn to be lessdocile.Collecting temperamentdata in PiemonteseSince some years Anaborapihas collected data about animals'temperament. Due topractical reasons the observationsare led on the calves atthe Test Station in Carrù.Since 2006 the temperamenttest is made at the end of theperformance test, when theanimals are aged about 12months. The observation isdone during the measuring:each young bull gets a scorefrom 1 to 4 depending on thedifficulties in handling him.Low codes are for docile animalswhile high codes are forthe more nervous ones.Even if this test is showinginteresting data it has somelimits: the animals are notvery young anymore and the9

YEAR 201010score are given with a fairlygeneric method.To improve the quality of thedata, beginning from April2010 Anaborapi started incontemporary also a new test,more specific and completelydedicated to the temperament.The test is led on 5 mothscalves, when they are movedfrom the quarantine shed tothe Test Station. The changeof shed allows us to make thetest in a completely unknownenvironment for the calvescausing a stress condition thatemphasises the individual differencesin the temperament.The trial is divided in 4 phasesand each calve is isolated fromthe other of his group.In the first step the calf is leftalone in the pen and his behaviouris evaluated without anyhuman presence: he mightexplore quite the new place oreven be extremely fidgety.The second step is about thereaction of the calve when anoperator gets in the pen: mostof the calves reach the oppositeside of the box, some getcloser to the operator, otherslook frenzy for a way out. Inthe next step the operator triesto touch the calf: even in thisThird test phase:docile calf accepting the contactcase some accept the contactfor longer other for just amoment and other very scaredrun awayIn the last phase we check theway the calf goes from the pento the corridor testing the easein finding the way out and thespeed of going away in thecorridor.In all these phases an operatorplaced not so close to the pengives the temperament code toeach animal using a score from1 to 4.First resultsThe analysis of the data collectedtill now shows that thereare differences among animalsin both the trials:12 and 5months. (Chart 1)The amount of data collectedtill now doesn't allow us tostate if these differences aredue to the genetic.In the data collected at 5 monthsthe results are as expected:the observations in phases 2,3and 4 are very much correlated,all of them value the interactionof the calves with manwhile in the first phase aremore independent becausethey value the restlessness ofthe calves when they get in anew environment.The observations at 12 monthsshow a relation betweenthe size of the animal and histemperament: restless calvestrend to be lighter at the endof the performance test. Thismight indicate that more nervousanimals waste more energyand have less growing ratesthan calmer animals. Even thefarm where they come fromhas an influence on the temperamentat 12 months.Considering that the calves getin the Anaborapi Test Stationat 50 days it's surprising howjust the first weeks in the farmcan influence in such strongand permanent way on theirtemperament. A comparestudy among the farm of provenience,divided accordingthe type of management, showedthat in the farms wherethe calves are separated fromthe mothers for a long part ofthe day, the animals are moreChart 1: Percentage distribution of the temperamentscore evaluated at 12 months1 - docile 2 - normal 3 - restless 4 - very fidgety

YEAR 2010docile than thosethat stay alwayswith their motherstill the weaning(Chart 2).Probably the morefrequent contactbetween calf andman and less interactionbetweencalf and motherhas a positive effecton the future temperamentAs remarked beforethe new mana-temperament codePicturesFarm average for the temperamentChart 2: average temperament code for farms. Each bar represents a farm:lower bars show more docile animals. In green all the farms that separate thecalves from the mothers, in blue farms with the calves under the mother.gement systemsthat reduce the interactionbetween man and animals willmake in the future more interestingthe studies about thetemperament. The data collectedtill now and in the futurefrom ColombiaDr. Gabriel Ramirez sent us some picturesabout the great work he is developping inColombia with the Piemontese breed.at the Anaborapi Test Stationwill make possible an answerto the question in the title.The Piemontese stand at Expo Colanta 2010Bull calf on the left is 7/8 PiemonteseTrihybrid calf Brahman-Limousine-PiemonteseHeifers crossbreds F1Piemontese x Brahman11

YEAR 2010Proven sires: July - December 2010Andrea Albera - Technical OfficeODINOIT005990027911born 28.08.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 120Meat 117Muscularity 108Growing 110Birth ease 107Calving ease 115Size 107Correctness 111Breeder: Az. Agr. Il Girasole - Valfenera (AT)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather LEONE (AI) 108 109 107 103mother GITANA 121 108 93 132Pat. grandfather ROSTOK (AI)Mat. grandfather BRASIL (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth84 497 1.40 119 143 186Odino is son of Leone and descendent from Brasil. In his pedigree there is also Principe. The mix ofthese 3 lines shows that Odino is a sire mostly for breeding suitable to supply females for the replacement.He’s medium-big sized, the production traits, growing and muscularity are good but not at thetop. Odino should be used on adult cows and he won’t give any birth problems. His daughters areexpected to have a good calving attitude. Avoid matings with the daughters of Gallo, Turbo, Idolo,Falcao, Lupin and Principe.OGGIIT004990433903born 23.10.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 116Meat 120Muscularity 109Growing 99Birth ease 121Calving ease 108Size 94Correctness 100Breeder: Beltritti Dario - Cervasca (CN)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather IPPO (AI) 117 123 121 102mother LUNA 113 114 115 114Pat. grandfather ZAINO (AI)Mat. grandfather COBRA (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth85 440 1.29 114 140 182Oggi is a light sire suitable specially for heifers. Son of Ippo and descendent of Cobra, Oggi gives anexcellent birth ease. As always from sires for heifers we can’t expect great growing rates from his offspring.Oggi gives anyway a very good conformation so he’s indicated to obtain early maturing and light calves.His daughters will surely be small size heifers but still they will be able to calve without problems. Oggishouldn’t be used with the descendent of Zaino and with the daughters of Elisir, Vialli and Tyson.OLIVOIT001990274069born 15.08.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 118Meat 124Muscularity 112Growing 105Birth ease 122Calving ease 103Size 104Correctness 111Breeder: Navone Francesco - Riva Presso ChieriPedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather INDICE (AI) 114 122 121 96mother LATTUGA 119 115 107 117Pat. grandfather TURBO (AI)Mat. grandfather COBRA (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth79 453 1.31 119 145 18812Olivo is a son of Indice on a cow Cobra x Brasil. His traits are very similar to those of the other sons ofIndice: Obelix, Obice, Oxford. All of them are sires with very high birth ease, can be used on heiferswithout problems and give a very good conformation and bones finesse. Growing are not at the top:from the sires for heifers we can’t expect great results.Compared to Oggi, Olivo is slightly more productive, while his daughters shouldn’t have ideal traits forbreeding. Not to be used on the daughters of Max, Mediano and the other sons of Indice, on the daughtersof Elisir, Vialli and Brasil.

YEAR 2010ONUIT006990033543born 19.08.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 127Meat 132Muscularity 122Growing 109Birth ease 122Calving ease 107Size 105Correctness 108Breeder: F.lli Ameglio Soc. Agr. - Altavilla Monferrato (AL)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather ISRAELE (AI) 121 117 102 112mother FATA 116 111 101 117Pat. grandfather DELANO (AI)Mat. grandfather BRASIL (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth100 514 1.43 116 151 194Onu is a double line bull high in the rank both for Meat Index and Breeding Index and a pedigree thatincludes some of the best breeding lines of the last years: Delano, Umayor and Brasil. Son of Israele, Onugives a very good meat conformation and good growing rates; of course this means productive bulls forfactory. His offspring born well even better than how his pedigree should show, therefore Onu can beused even on second calving cows with good development. Of course his daughters should become goodcows with a good mix between calving and birth ease. For inbreeding reasons Onu shouldn’t be used onthe daughters of Oracolo, Olimpico, Umayor, Falcao, Lupin, Idolo and on the descendents of Delano.OPELIT004990481989born 03.12.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 121Meat 104Muscularity 113Growing 127Birth ease 73Calving ease 121Size 126Correctness 104Breeder: Bertola Roberto - Cuneo (CN)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather MARIO (AI) 120 123 109 99mother IRLANDA 117 100 80 130Pat. grandfather DELANO (AI)Mat. grandfather TURBO (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth75 562 1.66 126 153 192Opel is a definitely a big size sire, with extreme breeding and productive traits. He is the first son ofMario to end the progeny and has in his maternal pedigree even Turbo and Brasil. The productive capacityof Opel is very high with record growing and best muscularity: his offspring will surely be heavyand well conformated. Opel needs a lot of care in matings: the birth ease is the lowest so he has to beused only on adult cows and possibly on lines with good calving ease. Of course his daughters will probablybe gifted of big calving ease, structure and traits that will make them very good cows. Due to hispedigree Opel has several limits in his use: not with the daughters of Zaino, Iride, Icaro, Indice, Genepì,Fino and all the descendents of Delano.ORIGANOIT004990425357born 14.09.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 125Meat 134Muscularity 112Growing 108Birth ease 135Calving ease 108Size 104Correctness 108Breeder: Bosio Elio Sebastiano - Fossano (CN)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather LASER (AI) 129 132 129 116mother IRIDE 111 112 113 111Pat. grandfather ZAINO (AI)Mat. grandfather CROSS (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth99 508 1.35 120 146 193With Origano we go back to a sire with excellent birth ease, so perfect to be used on heifers. Comparedto Oggi and Olivo, Origano has a superior structure, bigger size and more productive traits. Son of Laserand descendent of Cross, Origano has one of the highest birth ease among the sires with semen available.His offspring have a very good muscularity and good growing considered that he is a sire for heifers.Thanks to the influence of Cross, but also to Laser, the calving ease of Origano should be better thanthe average so it’s possible to keep them for breeding.Origano shouldn’t be used on all the cows coming from the Zaino line, in particular the daughters ofNobel and on the daughters of Ragun, Quark and Gecco.13

YEAR 2010ORSOIT004990393215born 27.10.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 124Meat 117Muscularity 118Growing 136Birth ease 90Calving ease 111Size 131Correctness 104Breeder: Peano Giuseppe - Boves (CN)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather ISPANICO (AI) 120 113 92 109mother BARONA 116 119 114 104Pat. grandfather CEDRO (AI)Mat. grandfather TURBO (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth88 580 1.71 127 151 200Orso is the sire that until now registered the highest growing rate at the Test station in Carrù: 1,7 kg/day. In his pedigree there is Ispanico, sire with excellent growing from the line Cedro and motherBarona, daughter of Turbo and mother of Lotus. Orso is a very big size bull and gives to his progenyvery high growing rates but also an excellent muscularity. With these extreme traits of course Orso givesheavy calves and needs to be used with care. His birth ease is slightly better than Opel, but also in thiscase he has to be mated with adult cows and good calving capacity. From his daughters we expect a goodcalving ease so we suggest to rear them. Avoid matings with the daughters of Cedro, Focus, Larice,Indovino, Zaino, Lotus, Genepì, Indice, Icaro, Orgoglio, Oslo and Occitano.OTTAVOIT001990286761born 15.10.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 120Meat 111Muscularity 113Growing 109Birth ease 93Calving ease 121Size 109Correctness 97Breeder: Ferrero Roberto e Bruno - Villastellone (TO)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather MONDO (AI) 120 128 128 103mother FULVIA 117 99 78 133Pat. grandfather GLOBO (AI)Mat. grandfather BRASIL (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth107 535 1.46 123 149 196Ottavo is son of Mondo and descendent of Brasil. Compared to his father that was a light and conformatedbull, Ottavo shows size, structure and growing definitely higher losing a bit in muscularity andfinesse. Muscularity and growing of his offspring are good while due to his birth ease it’s better to usehim only on adult cows. His best trait is surely the calving ease of his daughters that is expected to beexcellent.Not to be used on the daughters of Globo, Luki, Ribo’, Ramon and Niuton.PARIDEIT004990459958born 13.01.2008GENETIC VALUEBreeding 121Meat 124Muscularity 115Growing 118Birth ease 117Calving ease 105Size 116Correctness 105Breeder: Manfredi Dario - Villanova Mondovì (CN)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather LANCIO (AI) 126 129 119 106mother LUPA 110 109 105 109Pat. grandfather DELTA (AI)Mat. grandfather BILLY (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth77 522 1.52 123 146 19214Paride is a double line sire even if more oriented to the production of meat better than breeding. Sonof Lancio and descendent of Billy, both well known for the meat conformation, Paride keeps his promisesand gives to his offspring good muscularity and high growing rates. Birth ease is fairly good, buthe is not a bull for heifers and it’s better to use him only at least on second calving cows.The daughters of Paride should be good cows even not at the top so they might be more interesting forfattening.Avoid matings with the daughters of Golfo, Lido, Libero, Morrison, Nilo, Ottimo, Nipiol, Enzo, Forno,Frisby and Internet.

YEAR 2010POKERIT001990250345born 09.01.2008GENETIC VALUEBreeding 122Meat 115Muscularity 118Growing 113Birth ease 96Calving ease 114Size 110Correctness 96Breeder: Giovannini Gian Carlo - Verolengo (TO)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather MARIO (AI) 120 123 109 99mother BELLA 115 107 101 125Pat. grandfather DELANO (AI)Mat. grandfather RAMON (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth133 560 1.55 126 154 194Poker is the second of Mario’s sons, after Opel, to end the progeny test. He had a big development andhas big sizes, Poker is mainly a breeding line bull but also suitable to supply good animals for factory.Same as his father Mario, muscularity and growing of his offspring are very good while the influence ofmaternal grandfather Ramon gives to his daughters an interesting calving ease. Poker gives calves quiteheavy at birth so he has to be used only on adult cows. Poker shouldn’t be mated with the daughters ofOpel, Brasil, Zaino and on the descendents of Delano (the daughters of Israele, Liverpul, Lippi,Milord).ODISSEOIT001990281178born 14.09.2007GENETIC VALUEBreeding 116Meat 130Muscularity 106Growing 109Birth ease 137Calving ease 96Size 105Correctness 111Breeder: Rossetti Giovanni - Cavour (TO)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather LASER (AI) 129 132 129 116mother IRLANDA 97 108 118 87Pat. grandfather ZAINO (AI)Mat. grandfather CAVOLO (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth75 471 1.38 118 145 191Odisseo is a small size bull, son of Laser and descendent of Cavolo. His strength point is the excellentbirth ease, index 137, a real record. He is perfect to be used on heifers or on cows with big calving problems.Beside as usual, when there is a high birth ease the production performances can’t be at the top:Odisseo gives to his offspring normal muscularity and growing. For the same reason even the daughtersof Odisseo probably won’t have a good calving ease so it’s better to be careful when breeding them.The matings to avoid are: the daughters of Nobel, Origano and the cows from Zaino’s line.PALAZZOIT004990447763born 01.02.2008GENETIC VALUEBreeding 124Meat 126Muscularity 115Growing 108Birth ease 118Calving ease 112Size 102Correctness 96Breeder: Soc. Agr. Merlatti - Roccadebaldi (CN)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather MANAGER (AI) 131 134 127 116mother DINTA 111 107 101 112Pat. grandfather ZAINO (AI)Mat. grandfather BINGO (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth88 513 1.48 116 142 192Palazzo is the first son of Manager to end the progeny test. Same as his father even Palazzo is a sire withexcellent balance between production and calving. His offspring born easily and he can be used onsecond calving cows. Compared to Manager his birth ease is slightly inferior due to grandfather Bingo,but the calving ease is good. Structure and growing are in the average and muscularity is very good.Palazzo shouldn’t be used on the daughters of Delano, on the cows of Zaino line and on the daughtersof Umayor.15

YEAR 2010PoloIT004990572577boRn 22.02.2008GENETIC VALUEbreeding 122Meat 130Muscularity 109Growing 116birth ease 130Calving ease 104Size 115Correctness 108breeder: Re Renato e Pierpaolo - Caraglio (Cn)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather LoTUS (AI) 127 125 112 114mother IVREA 111 117 121 102Pat. grandfather UMAYoR (AI)Mat. grandfather FIERo (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth65 488 1.47 119 148 186Polo is again a sire for heifers even if compared to Odisseo, the structure and production are superior.Beside Odisseo is son of Laser, Polo is son of Lotus, surely a tougher sire. Polo gives good growing andmuscularity. Birth ease is high so Polo can be used on heifers. His daughters shouldn’t be top cows andnot even too bad in calving so they can be reared. At the end Polo is a Meat Line sire that can be usedon heifers, too. Not to be used on the daughters of Oceano, Occitano, Oppio, Orgoglio and Oslo, andon the daughters of Bingo and Luis.PRiMoIT001990311551boRn 01.01.2008GENETIC VALUEbreeding 131Meat 134Muscularity 125Growing 117birth ease 121Calving ease 110Size 117Correctness 103breeder: Serasio Margherita Andreina - Villastellone (To)Pedigree Parents indicesbreeding meat birth calvingfather MAGnUM (AI) 133 132 115 114mother ERbA 116 114 106 112Pat. grandfather DELAno (AI)Mat. grandfather bIGbEn (AI)Performance Test - fenotipic dataweight beginn. weight end daily gain withers height trunk lenght chest girth86 506 1.52 122 151 193Primo is a big size sire with good development. He is the first son of Magnum to be proven and sameas his father is now at the top both of the Meat and Breeding Line. Primo is a productive sire withexcellent muscularity and interesting growing. The birth ease of Primo is very high and he can be usedon cows that calved at least once. Calving ease of Primo’s daughters should be interesting and they canbe reared for the replacement.Avoid matings with cows from line Delano, the daughters of Brasil, Tyson and Pensiero.Merry ChristmasandHappyANABORAPI1960 - 2010New Year16