Dutch bulls end quarantine in Botucatu, Brazil

Published 2024년 6월 28일

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Nine Dutch Holstein bulls, imported from the United States, are in quarantine in São Paulo, Brazil, ready to begin semen collection at 12 months for breeding. This is part of Brazil's strategy to genetically improve its dairy herd by importing high-performance animals, as the country's current Holstein bulls are not yet genetically proven. From January 2023 to June 2024, Brazil imported semen from 664 bulls, predominantly from the United States, to nationalize genetic material and improve the national herd's characteristics such as milk production and productive life. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) oversees these importations, ensuring the health of the animals and the improvement of the national herd.

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Nine Dutch bulls imported from the United States are in the final phase of quarantine in Botucatu, in the interior of São Paulo. According to the head of the regional unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), Jean Joaquim, the quarantine was opened on April 30. Young bulls will begin collecting semen at the age of 12 months at a Semen Collection and Processing Center for the purpose of breeding animals with dairy potential. “These are high-performance animals with genetics from the best American breeding for the purpose of genetically improving the Brazilian herd,” explained Jean. For the animals to get here, they traveled a long way. They left Texas, with clinical examinations, and arrived in Miami, where some animals with pink eye (a disease caused by bacteria) were separated and excluded from the trip. In Brazil, the nine bulls were monitored by the Official Veterinary Service (SVO) and the importing company's veterinarians. At any sign of illness, the SVO would ...

Source: Agricultura