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EU imports of Bovine Embryos restricted from
2006
* EU imports
of Bovine Embryos – Implications of New Trade Rules
Last year, EU decision 2004/786/EC effectively closed EU to the
importation of embryos from donors with some specific health
statuses. Trade was disrupted for a few months until the
abovementioned decision was repealed and a new decision
2005/217/EC replaced it on March 9 2005.
This new directive has very important implications for current and
future Wagyu breeders in the EU.
Effectively the new decision means that embryos made by
semen from many of the top Wagyu sires imported from Japan and
collected in USA, will not be able to be imported into EU after 31
December 2006. Any such embryos must be collected or produced
before January 1, 2006.
* Implications for Westholme:
The directive means that the three main Westholme Japan-born and
proven sires:
001 Hirashige-Tayasu, 002 Itomoritaka and 003 Kitateruyasu-Doi
cannot be used to make embryos for EU beyond 1 January 2006.
These bulls were all collected in USA.
Only sons of these sires can be used as donor sires for EU embryos
after that date.
* Available Embryos:
At this point in time Westholme do not intend to produce more
embryos for EU by the three main sires. Once current stocks are
run down the inventory will not be replenished.
So to ensure Fullblood embryos by those sires, out of selected
donor dams, act now.
* The Three Westholme Sires, 001, 002 and 003:
Embryos by these three sires are extremely important for the
future of Fullblood breeding in EU and the rest of the world. Each
sire is an outstanding example of his bloodline.
The sire Kitateruyasu-Doi (003) is acknowledged widely as a key
improver bull for F1 production worldwide because for a Tajiri
bull he not only combines outstanding marbling but also above
average carcase weights.
At Westholme our breeding objectives are not only based on
marbling and beef quality, but also to produce heavy carcases with
good conformation and females with good mothering ability and milk
production.
To that end the sire 002 Itomoritaka produces above average
females in mothering ability and milk terms. He is a high growth
bull with very good muscle definition.
Last but not least is 001 Hirashige-Tayasu. He is a bull that is
balanced for all traits for Fullblood production. He is probably
the only Japanese born bull that left Japan that had been tested
in a Japanese Wagyu Association progeny test. 001 combines Tajima
blood with Kedaka.
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