DcFOREST, Wis. ABS
Global Inc. (ABS), a world pro
vider of bovine reproductive ser
vices and technologies, recently
introduced a healthy, 6-month-old
bull calf named “Gene” produced
from its proprietary cloning
technology.
ABS also announced the forma
tion of Infigen Inc., to commer
cialize applications of cloning
technologies in the cattle breeding,
pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and
xenotransplantation fields.
Infigen’s scientific break
through advances the prospects
for commercializing cattle
cloning technologies. The tech
nology provides an unlimited
source of genetic material to cost
effectively produce large numbers
of cloned cattle. Infigen believes
its cloning process is significantly
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No reserve was named in the
Guernsey show, and neither was a
best bred and owned.
The grand champion Jersey
female was the senior champion
Ist place 4 year old Valley Teir
Hermitage Fresca, shown by Ash
ley Burdette of Mt. Airy. Fresca
also won the production award for
high protein breed 4 year olds, and
was total performance cow for the
protein breeds.
Ashley also showed the reserve
grand champion female and
reserve senior champion Jersey
cow. her Ist place junior 3 year
old Ash-B-Bear Bee Marcy.
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more efficient than other process
es previously announced and that
it has substantial commercial
applications.
“We can make an unlimited
number of cells, freeze them for
any amount of time, then thaw
them and make identical animals
possessing a desired trait,”
explained Dr. Michael D. Bishop,
vice president of research for Infi
gen. “Cells from cattle containing
unique, favorable traits can be
stored indefinitely, essentially
preserving them for the future.”
ABS has been developing its
cattle cloning technology for more
than 10 years and has an accom
plished research group with exper
tise in cloning and related cellular
science applications.
‘The birth of ‘Gene’ and the
creation of Infigen enables ABS to
Best bred and owned Jersey and
the winner of the production
award for 3 year old protein
breeds was Wilkin Judge Gretch-'
en Gale shown by Dan Null of
Taneytown.
Grand champion female of the
Milking Shorthorn show was
awarded to the junior champion
Milking Shorthorn heifer Whis
pering Breeze Fig Mandy shown
by Adam Brower of Taneytown.
No reserve champion or best
bred and owned Milking Shor
thorn was named.
Ryan Haines was named out
standing junior dairy exhibitor,
and Josh Sanders of Littlestown,
Pa. Was selected outstanding
senior dairy exhibitor.
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transform its considerable long
term research efforts into a com
mercial enterprise,” said Marc
van’t Noordende, chief executive
officer of ABS. “Cloning and the
related technologies of Infigen
offer tremendous promise for en
hancing the quality, consistency
and nutritional value of dairy and
beef products, and have promising
applications for the transgenic
production of pharmaceutical,
nutraceutical and xenotransplanta
tion products.”
Infigen will collaborate with
ABS to enhance the profitability
of dairy and beef producers by
combining the advantages of clon
ing with existing services, such as
artificial insemination, DNA
Marker-Assisted-Selection and in
vitro fertilization.
In the health and nutrition
Complete results of the show
are as follows:
Fitting and Showing
Champion fitting and showing and champ
ion showman: Brett Haines.
Reserve champion: Joshua Saunders.
First year exhltor 1. Derek Savage; 2. Jor
dan Lsppo; 3. Jared Thomas.
8-9 year old; 1 Jenae Rinehart; 2. Danielle
Garst; 3. Jonathan Sanders.
KMI year old: 1 Danielle Hess; 2. Ryan
Haines; 3. C. Brandon Derr.
12-13 year old; 1. Jarrod Burall; 2. David
Millar; 3. Bryan McGee.
14-15 year old; 1. Bren Haines; 2. Joshua
Sanders; 3. M. Dustin Derr.
18 year old and over: 1. Paul Albaugh III;
2. Kristine Myers; 3. Amy Millsr.
Outstanding junior dairy exhibitor: Ryan
Haines.
Outstanding senior dairy exhibitor: Joshua
Sanders.
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fields, Infigen intends to form
relationships with other organiza
tions to capitalize on the dairy
cow’s ability to produce milk pro
tein in significantly larger vol
umes than smaller animals, such
as sheep and goats.
In pharmaceutical applications,
for example, recombinant proteins
will be produced transgenically by
inserting into the genetic material
of an animal a foreign gene that
directs the production of a desired
protein in the milk of a lactating
cow. With Infigen’s proprietary
technology, that transgenic animal
will be cloned to produce herds of
cows with the ability to produce
large quantities of the transgenic
product.
“Infigen’s objective is to be the
low-cost producer of valuable
transgenic products by most
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Champion heifer; Kelly Myers.
Reserve champion heifer: Davis
Schwartz beck.
Grand champion female: Jeff Sutton.
Reserve grand champion female; Ryar
Haines.
Champion cow: Jeff Sutton.
Reserve champion cow; Ryan Haines.
Bred and owned; Kelly Myers.
Dam and daughter 1. Ryan Haines;
Kelly Myers; 3. Justin Watt.
Brown Swiss
Champion heifer: Erin Burall.
Reserve champion heifer; Erin Burall.
Grand champion female; Jarrod Burall.
Reserve grand champion female; Ross
Bell.
Champion cow: Jarrod Burall.
Reserve champion cow: Ross Bell.
Bred and owned: Ross Bell.
Dam and daughter; 1. Jarrod Burall; 2.
Ross Ben.
efficiently cloning the most effec
tive milk-producing animal the
cow,” said Dale Schwartz, chief
executive officer of Infigen. “We
arc actively seeking strategic part
ners to collaborate with to achieve
our goals.”
Marketing in more than 70
countries around the globe, ABS
Global has been at the forefront of
animal genetics and technology
since its founding in 1941. ABS is
the leading global source of
bovine genetics and related animal
care products.
Guernsey
Champion halfer; none.
Reserve champion heller; none.
Grand champion female: Wyatt Hall.
Reseive grand champion female: none.
Champion cow: Wyatt Hall.
Reierve champion cow; none.
Brad and owned: none.
Dam and daughter; none.
Jersey
Champion heifer: Erin Burall.
Reserve champion heifer: Ashley
Burdette.
Grand champion female; Ashley Burdette.
Reserve grand champion female; Ashley
Burdette.
Champion cow: Ashley Burdette.
Reserve champion cow. Ashley Burdette.
Bred and owned; Dan Null.
Dam and daughter: 1. Ashley Burdette.
Milking Shorthorn
Champion heifer: Adam Brower.
Reserve champion heifer: none.
Grand champion female: Adam Brower.
Reserve grand champion female: none.
Champion cow; none.
Reseive champion cow: none.
Brad and owned: none.
Dam and daughter: none.
Supreme champion; Jeff Sutton.
Supreme champion dam and daughter:
Ryan Haines.