—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1979
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First certified embryo
LANCASTER - The
Holstein Association has
issued what is likely to be the
first of many certificates
identifying an embryo for
export. The certificate
documents the identity of a
fertilized ovum taken from
Mid-Hill-Acres Famous D
Jo, the donor dam, who was
inseminated with semen
from Northcroft Admiral
Citation. The donor dam is
owned by M. Robert Young
of Lancaster.
This export certificate,
along with the blood types of
the donor dam and the
service sire, was provided
by the Association so that the
purchaser of the embryo, an
Italian dairyman, could
Kutztown FFA
wins contest
KUTZTOWN - The Berks
County FFA Parliamentary
Procedure Contest was held
on April 3, at the Kutztown
Area High School Vo-Ag
Department. Three teams
competed, with Kutztown
placing first, Twin Valley
second, and Conrad Weiser
third.
The eight member teams
must conduct an orderly
meeting within twenty-five
minutes, demonstrating a
minimum of six
parhmentary abilities. Such
abilities are amendments,
referring matters to com
mittees, laying matters on
the table, etc. Two new items
of business are given to the
teams by the three judges
and must be handled
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apply for registry of
resulting offspring in his own
country.
What might motivate a
foreign dairyman to pur
chase an embryo rather than
an already-born animal?
According to Richard E.
Nelson, special assistant to
the executive secretary of
the Holstein Association, one
advantage offered by em
bryo export is lower cost.
Both the initial purchase
cost and transportation
expense are lower for an
embryo than for an actual
animal.
On the other hand, as
Nelson points out, the em
bryo purchaser runs some
risk, m that the recipient
ferrite may not b°^ome
properly. Every team has a
few members as quizzers,
who must be recognized a
minimum of three times by
the team on "the floor. The
quizzers are to catch
mistakes made by the team
and point them out to score
points for their team.
The two top teams will be
competing in the Berks,
Lebanon, Schuylkill contest
on April 23, at the Berks
County Agricultural Center
at Leesport.
Lancaster row donor
pregnant as a result of the
embryo transfer.
Nelson describes the
export of an unfrozen em
bryo as a “carefully coor
dinated effort.” Perhaps the
greatest challenge is to time
the transfer so that the
recipient is in the stage of
ovulation in which she would
normally conceive. This, in
turn, determines when the
embryo should be taken
from the donor dam, and,
since the embryo must be
about seven days old upon
removal, determines the
time of insemination of the
donor dam as well. When
transported, the embryo is
kept at body temperature
Now Is The Time
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bloating. Herds of milking
cows should be grazed only
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next milking time.
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possible means.
“The cost of maintaining
recipient herds, with cows at
the proper stages of
ovulation, has been the
greatest deterrent to the
common use of embryo
transfer,” Richard Nelson
explains. “If there is a
breakthrough that improves
the conception rate for
frozen embryos, a market
will develop for frozen
embryos both domestically
and overseas. Successful use
of frozen embryos would
eliminate the need for
special recipient herds, and
make embryo transfer
easier and less costly,”
Nelson adds. The current
pregnancy rate from frozen
cause of too many accidents.
Grain drills and corn
planters are designed for
rather accurate planting, if
operated at a normal rate of
speed. Many times they are
moved too rapidly and then
the planting job is disap
pointing. We urge farmers to
take the time to properly
prepare and adjust their
machinery and then drive at
a speed that will get proper
performance. With many
pieces of farm machinery
this speed is given on the
manufacturer’s directions.
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be satisfied.
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exported
embryo transfers is only
about 20 per cent.
Nelson predicts that “if a
60 per cent rate of conception
could be achieved, frozen
embryo transfer would
become almost as common
as artificial insemination.
Embryos from the better
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available to more peo
and those better cows wc
also go up in value.”
Nelson expects
Holstein Association to
called upon to issue mi
more certificates
identify embryos for expi
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