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About this update from Genus Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 8035Y Genus PLC 10 September 2009 \n \nFor immediate release 10 September 2009\n\nGenus plc\n('Genus' or 'the Company')\n\nBOVINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS\n\n\nGenus, a world leading animal genetics company, is pleased to announce significant success within its bovine research and development programme.\n\nThe internationally renowned TPI* ranking list, recently published in the USA, demonstrates the accelerating product lead Genus has established in dairy Holstein genetics as a result of its research and development investment.\n\n\nThe Genus stud has now successfully extended its product lead as follows:-\n\n3 bulls in the top 6\n\n17 bulls in the top 50 (up from 8 a year ago)\n\nThe new entries to the TPI ranking list graduated from the historical bull programme that tested only 200 bulls per year. This programme has now been increased to 300 bulls per year by using the Company's newly expanded facility in Wisconsin. This increase in the programme size should improve the number of bulls graduating each year at the end of the five year gestation.\n\nGenus' bovine stud is one of the most genetically elite and diverse in the world with beef and dairy bulls carefully selected for desirable traits of quality, output and robustness\n\nThis successful data and increased product lead highlights Genus' ongoing success and increasing product competitiveness generated from its world leading genetic capabilities.\n\n* ...