Bull calf boasts of pioneer stock
DeFOREST, Wise. A young
bull calf born in the herd of Harold
and Charles Lattin of Darlington,
Wise., can truly boast of coining
from pioneer stock. His father,
Cottonade Emmet, was an im
portant member of the American
Breeders Service stud 30 years ago
and a major contributor to the
early research on the technique of
freezing bovine semen.
Emmet’s last official act before
being put to sleep, due to old age
and failing health, was to produce
a collection of semen on Nov. 19,
1953. The semen was then
processed by ABS technicians,
frozen, and stored in liquid
nitrogen at minus 320 degrees F.
until July 16,1983. On that date one
of the ampules was taken by ABS
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Technician Bob McDermott to the
Lattin farm where it was carefully
thawed and used to impregnate a
Holstein cow, No. 126.
The insemination resulted in a
fine strong, bouncing bull calf bom
over 30 years after his sire had
passed on.
The technique for freezing bull
semen was first discovered by Dr.
Christopher Polge at Cambridge
University in England in the early
1950’5. Dr. Polge was invited to
come to ABS to work with Dr. F.I.
Elliott, recently retired, to develop
a system for use in the U.S. As a
result, the first calf produced in
this country from frozen semen
was bom in a Janesville, Wise,
herd on May 29,1953.
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to be one of the most important
milestones of the last 150 years.
Not only does it provide the means
whereby scientists can determine
the genetic makeup of individual
bulls, but it also provides the
mechanics for extending the in
fluence of those that prove to be
genetically superior over a large
portion of the world’s dairy herds.
It is now not uncommon for one
bull to be mated to more than a
quarter million cows.
The practical result of this lies in
the fact that dairymen can now
produce the same amount of dairy
products as they did 25 years ago
with just half as many cows.
Since the beginning, researchers
have believed that frozen semen,
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From the standpoint of his genetic value, this bull calf
arrived 30 years too late, never-the-less he is still something
of a miracle.
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