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Imported Breeds:  (For the full list or advice on your choice, use our Sire Selector)

The following bulls are available at all our centers in Punjab. A wider range of elite sires is available form our Head Office. Please check our Sire Selector for the full portfolio or contact us
Holstein Friesian from the Netherlands:

• CHAMPION  (Manders Marius)             LEAFLET                Breeding Values

• PRESIDENT (Delta Parallax)                 LEAFLET                Breeding Values

• EUROSTAR (Delta Poseidon)                LEAFLET                Breeding Values

• MAJOR       (Lowlands Prescot)            LEAFLET                Breeding Values

Holstein Friesian from New Zealand:

• KIWI  (WHINLEA MAGLEY EXTASY)      LEAFLET                Breeding Values

• KNOKOUT  (HOLIM NLD KNOKOUT)     LEAFLET                Breeding Values

• STRIKER  (TOPDECK KO PIERRE)         LEAFLET                Breeding Values

Jersey from New Zealand:

• MANHATTEN  (OKURA MANHATTEN)    LEAFLET                Breeding Values

• MAJIK ( KAUI BLAK MAJIK)                  LEAFLET                Breeding Values

Local Breeds:

                                • SAHIWAL & Buffalo (NILI/RAVI)           LEAFLET               

Indigenous Breeds:
ProFarm™ AI Technicians sell Sahiwal and Buffalo semen and in the future also Cholistani and Red Sindhi. Due to the fact that Pakistan has no herd registration system or structured milk recording no reliable data is available on the genetic quality of our donor bulls. Our local semen is monitored on biological quality to ensure, the motility and sperm count are up to our standards.

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Artificial Insemination (AI)

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Why Artificial Insemination (AI)?
Why should one choose to artificially inseminate cattle while there is a natural alternative? There are a couple of reasons to choose for AI. Although many people believe that the technique of AI was originally developed for improvement of genetics (breeding), AI was introduced to prevent spreading of venereal diseases and genetic defects. By carefully screening and quarantining the donor bulls, venereal diseases can effectively be prevented. Only later people started to realize that AI enabled farmers to choose from a much wider range of bulls than they had before. Farmers started thinking carefully about the selection of the bull and so they started breeding.

Apart from the disease free guarantee and the possibility of professional breeding, AI is also far more convenient. Just a single phone call will bring a skilled AI technician to your farm who will take care of the insemination professionally within a few minutes. 

The only slight disadvantage of AI is that the conception ratio in general is a little lower than natural reproduction. But this can be influenced. A good collaboration between the farmer and the inseminator will have a significant impact on the conception ratio. First of all the farmer must take good care of the animal's health. Then it comes down to timing.

When to inseminate after calving?
Good fertility begins with the cow experiencing a standing heat period. A cow can only come into standing heat when she is completely healthy. More than two weeks after calving, the cow will come into heat again, but usually this is not detected by the farmer. These heats are often so-called ‘silent heats’. Only after about 50 days, and two heats, will the cow appear to be cycling normally again and she can then be inseminated. This is a situation, however, when everything goes according to plan. The cow calved easily, did not retain her cleansing and is healthy in all other aspects.

Detecting heat in cows
Detecting heat is a huge job. Cows show a variety of signals when in heat. Moreover, signs of heat differ for every cow. On average, heat lasts for about eight hours, but there is a great deal of variation among cows. One cow will show almost nothing, while another might cause quite an uproar in the parlour. The picture might be different under the influence of all sorts of factors, such as the composition of the roughage, accommodation and climate changes. So, detecting heat really is a big deal! The picture below shows the signs of heat and the best time to inseminate.

The more signals there are, the more certain it is that the cow is in heat.
Some practical tips:

• Devote at least four periods of time each day, spread throughout the day, to observe the herd for signs of heat.
• Devote enough time to observing – better to observe twice a day, for a period of 20 minutes, than to watch the herd four times for 10 minutes.
• Rest is favorable for showing heat signals. Avert stress in the parlour and check for signs of heat during quiet moments.
• Be attentive to action moments. Cows in heat are particularly active during feeding and milking.
• Accommodation is important for showing heat: make sure there is enough light and air in the parlour and avoid slippery floors.
• Look ahead by doing your administrative work precisely and give extra attention to the individual cows which are three and six weeks after their last insemination. Make a note of the animals in heat that are not yet ready for inseminating.
• On farms with several members of staff, clear arrangements have to be made about heat detection.

How we can help
Our Area Managers and AIT's can help you establish heat in your animals. You can visit our centers , call our Area Manager or the AIT in your area. If you have questions or problems they can not solve they will transfer it to our Manager Breeding & AI at head office who has many years of experience and will consult you on all veterinarian matters.

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What is breeding exactly?

Actually, breeding is nothing more than selection. Producers want offspring from the one cow or sire, and not from the other. Breeding means consciously combining parent animals – breeding a new generation – that has kept the desirable characteristics of the parents and improved the less favourable characteristics of the previous generation. This yields a higher economic return to the breeder.
But although it is easy to achieve in theory, it is not so simple in practice. Fortunately, breeding values of dairy cattle will help in making a selection. Breeding is an investment in the future! Bulls selected today will produce lactating daughters in about three years. The current situation in Pakistan is that the awareness for breeding is very low. Most farmers choose sires based on price of the semen only. If they consider other aspects it is breed and milk proof. Breeders should start asking the question of how the Pakistani dairy cow of the future will look and perform. To do this breeders have to draw up their own breeding goals.
Picking the correct sire to realize these goals is a serious matter and is best done in three steps:
– 1: formulate a breeding goal,
– 2: selection of sires,
– 3: the right sire for every cow.

Step 1: formulate a breeding goal
To formulate breeding goals, producers should know their farm – and their plans for the future – well. A decision taken now will yield results in three to five years. So the producer should breed for the long term. As for breeding goals, only focusing on the milk production trait of the sire is not always the most economical decision. In the end profit comes from a a durable, healthy and productive herd. There are also differences in management on every farm and within every herd that should be conveyed in the breeding goal. Does a dual-purpose cow suit a particular farm? Can you sell breeding stock from your cows? Farms that have a lot of land, and therefore enough roughage, will need a different cow compared to farms where a lot of feed has to be bought in. For cows that have to give milk from roughage or grass only, the emphasis in the sire selection moves towards a positive score on body capacity.
Do they like red-and-white or black-and-white cows? What about extra durability or a lot of conformation, dual-purpose or crossbred? In general, producers can earn a good income from several breeds, as long as the breed suits the producer, the management system and the farm. T

Step 2: selection of sires
After formulating the breeding goals the sire, or several sires, has to be selected. For this you can use our Sire Selector. A choice can be made from our available sires or for large quantities another sire can be selected from the long list of sires available from HG or Ambreed.

The following traits are considered to most relevant for selecting bulls in Pakistan:

• Capacity for rough fodder milk production;

• Production of fat and protein (+10%)

• Feet and legs;

• Udder health;

• Durability;

• Body capacity;

• Calving ease;

• Muscles and meat potential for slaughter potential of young bulls.

Step 3: the right sire for every cow
The success of a sire largely depends on the fact if it is used to inseminate the right cow. Sometimes, ordinary daughters come from excellent sires and bad sires have bred top-class cows. Of course, the first thing to understand is in which areas or traits a cow needs improvement. Milk production, conformation score, breeding value and lineage are all important. And inbreeding should be prevented and carriers of the same hereditary deficiency should not be combined together. The birth process also requires attention, particularly with maiden heifers.

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ProVita Mineral Mixture

• Achieve the best milk production at the given ration
• Support health and longevity of the herd
• Correct for suboptimal and deficient daily intake of vitamins and minerals

ProVita contains vitamins; A, D3 and E and minerals; Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Chlorine, Sulphur Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Iodin, Cobalt and Selenium

ProVita Mineral mixture is available at all ProFarm centers in 1Kg packing. For large orders we can deliver in 25Kg packing as well.

Dosing
For lactating animals we advice the following dosing:

• < 10 kg milk / day                  100g/head/day
• 10-20 kg milk / day                125g/head/day
• > 20 kg milk / day                  150g/head/day

 Calves, heifers                                50g/head/day

 Do not feed to dry cows/buffalo's

 ! Do not exceed 300/g/head/day