A46-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,2001
Zita had a lifetime production of 108,990 pounds of milk,
with a 5.1 percent fat and 3.9 percent lifetime protein.
Scored Excellent at 94 points, she was once ranked
number one Holstein for CTRL She was also has records to
39,620 pounds of milk.
Play It Again, Zita
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Cows are not going to live for
ever and this is a way of preserv
ing her for additional time. The
calves are a carbon copy of what
made Zita so good. The big
thing now is keeping everything
else the same,” said Wiles.
Although Zita has five gener
ations of family behind her, her
older genetics are still valuable,
maintains Wiles. “I don’t know
how much more I can improve
on, it’s just a family that is so
consistent on type they stamp
it for generations.”
When the sheep “Dolly” was
first cloned, experts feared that
the lambs would mature at the
speed of their “old” DNA, as
DNA strands break off at the
ends with age. However subse
quent studies have revealed that
clones have an extension on
their DNA which allows for
more normal development.
Other applications of cloning
may be for endangered species.
Cyagra also assisted in the birth
of a gaur ox calf which was car
Lapp’s Barn Equipment held a Grand Prize Drawing at the annual
Open House. Pictured above are this year’s winners of $1,500
toward the purchase of Jamesway parts:
Weaverline Holsteins Left to right: Jay & Miriam Weaver,
Myerstown, PA. Arlyn Ebersole, herdsman: Shannon Gehman,
maintenance: Burneil Haltzman, employee: Randall Martin, son
Other Winners In Lapp’s Drawin
1 st Place Stihl Weed Eater
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
ried by a surrogate cow and born
healthy.
A Royal Family
The Wiles bought the original
Zita as an unborn choice of a
flush from a Massachusetts
farm. She was born April 27,
1991. “They called and said she
had really long legs and was tre
mendously big and framey. We
said we didn’t even need to wait
for the other two, we would take
her,” he said.
In 1993 Zita began calving
and distinguishing herself
among the Holstein breed. Of
her first two daughters, Futura
land Tesk Zanadu is the number
one CTPI cow of the breed and
Astar Zenith is the dam of the
top bull in Canada for type.
Zanadu also has cells in the
laboratory. She already has one
confirmed pregnancy from a
cloned embryo and the Wiles
have another 15-20 transfers to
make on her.
“It just keeps progressing,”
he said. Four generations, start-
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lieves Wiles.
Zita had a lifetime production
of 1611 days of 108,990 pounds
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Scored Excellent at 94 points,
she was once ranked number
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