Inseminação artificial no mundo BIF beef improvement federation 2011

1. 6/2/11
The Role of Genetic Evaluation
Technology in Enhancing Global U.S. Semen (NAAB)
Competitiveness – NAAB Sales Custom Collection
An A I Company Perspective • Dairy 21,655,408 2,584,292
Dairy Total 24,239,700
• Beef 1,229,798 2,454,358
Beef Total 3,684,156
US Beef Cow Inventory
U.S.
• 30.9 Million Beef Cows
– < 5% A.I.
• 5.5 Million Beef Heifers
– Approaching 15% A.I.
http://www.nass.usda.gov
US Beef Semen Sales and Custom
Collected Semen BEEF COWS THAT HAVE CALVED
JANUARY 1, 2011
(1000 Head)
4 x 106 units 233 VT 10 13
1476 880 360
NH 3
549 265 90 MA 6
1610 RI 1.5
446 99
694 CT 4
840 157 NJ 9
1772 213 290
237 352 DE 3.5
333 200 675 MD 42
727 1478 1865 1023
600
351
2036 990
180 488 928 184
495 502 880 to 5,030 (12)
Alaska 5.1 461 659 450 to 880 (11)
5025 160 to 450 (13)
Hawaii 79 0 to 160 (14)
US Total 30865 926
Livestock Marketing Information Center
C-N-15
Data Source: USDA/NASS 01/28/11
http://www.naab-css.org/sales/table_list.html
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2. 6/2/11
Global A.I. & Beef Cow Numbers Canada
4.3 Million Beef Cows
• U.S. – 30.9 Million Cows
• Canada – 4.3 Million Cows
• Australia – 13.3 Million Cows
• Argentina – 18.4 Million Cows
• Brazil – 53.7 Millions Cows
Canada Canada
• 4.3 Million Cows
• 0.5 Million Heifers
• Similar to the U.S. in it s A.I. use
• Use of EPDs and Genetic evaluations??
– Different by breed
– Good uptake by commercial breeders using A.I.
Australia
13.3 Million Beef Cows
Second Largest Exporter of Beef, Only Behind Brazil
Australia
• Heavy use of A.I. in the south east
• Emphasis of the use of EPDs and carcass
EPDs due to the influence of the Asian
market
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3. 6/2/11
Australia
Very Progressive Breed Organizations
U.S. Bull to Australia
• Connealy Thunder
Australian Bull to the U.S.
• Dunoon Evident E614 – AMF, NHF, CAF
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Australian Bull to the U.S.
• Dunoon Evident E614 –
AMF, NHF, CAF
Sire: Te Mania Bartel by B/R New
Dimension 7127
MGS: Dunoon High Mark Y262 by
Garden s High Mark
Argentina Argentina
18.4 Million Beef Cows Huge In Country Beef Consumption
Argentina Argentina
Large Use of English Breeds Widespread use of A.I.
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5. 6/2/11
Brazil
53.8 Million Beef Cows Brazil
Largest Exporter of Beef
• 53.7 Million Beef Cows
• Very large and diverse country and cattle
types
• Zebu (Nelore) in the north and English
(Angus and Hereford) in the south
• A.I. use is very high due to –
– Lower labor costs
– Higher use of heat synchronization systems
Brazil (Units) Nelore
• Semen Domestic Imported
• Nelore 2,199,439 0
• Nelore (polled) 196,916 30
• Angus 329,747 854,859
• Red Angus 226,354 331,825
• Brahman 167,423 15,348
• Braford 106,962 10,134
• Guzerat 96,410 0
• Simmental 61,800 21,470
• Beef Total 3,842,910 1,392,938
• Grand Total Beef 5,235,848 Source 2010 ASBIA
Australian/U.S. export to Brazil &
Nelore
Argentina
• At one time the U.S. owned the Angus,
Red Angus, Hereford semen market in
Brazil and Argentina
• Perception is increasing competition from
genetic evaluations and two gene pools
• Gene pools are quite similar
• Cooperation by genetic evaluation
systems could have been/could be
stronger
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6. 6/2/11
NAAB 2010 Export Thank you
Units Dollars Average • Questions?
• Canada 40,132 $ 774,130 $19.28
• Argentina 211,997 $ 619,407 $ 2.92
• Brazil 875,340 $3,222,976 $ 3.68
• Australia 38,516 $ 385,349 $10.00
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