cattle breeding in the czech republic
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Cattle breeding in the Czech Republic
Josef Kučera – Pavel Bucek
Czech Moravian Breeders‘ Corporation, Inc.
Topics
• CZ structures in overview
• Results of the breeding
• Recent projects
History of breeding work
• Animal breeding with a long tradition
• First ”DHI” est. 1905
• Country of JG Mendel
– 1919 est. Mendel Univ Brno
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• 1948-89: Socialistic regime under the rule ofthe Communist Party
• Forced collectivization of farms
• Entry into cooperatives enforced by communist power in 1950´s - destroyed almost all private farming
• In 1990´s the restitutions, transformation and privatisation of agricultural properties
History II.
Czech Republic - structures
• EU legislation – national breeding law
– Approved association
– Authorized organisation (AI/DHI) • Some AI centers responsible also for milk recording /DHI/
– Entitled organisation
• Umbrella organisation (CMSCH)
CMSCH „Hradištko“
• Est 2000 as joint-stock company (previously Ltd, 1996 transformed from state breeding enterprise)
• 130 employees
• Turnover around 7.5 bil EUR
• ICAR, ISAG member for CZ
• Main stakeholders: breed associations
Subsidiaries
PLEMDAT Ltd.Est. 1997100 % owned by ČMSCH20 employeesGenetic evaluation & data processing unit
Cooperative for milk recording (DHI)Est. 201633 % owned by ČMSCH (33 % Holstein association, 33 %
Simmental Assoc.)
100 employeesMilk control performance – currently 52 % of the dairy cows
CMSCH activities
• Identification & Registration database
• Ear tag distribution (70 % of the market)
• Milk recording (52 % of the market)
• Genetic laboratory (Illumina based)
• Milk laboratory (3.5 mil samples annually)
• Genetic evaluation Holstein, sheep• SIM – join DAC evaluation
• Milk performance data processing & publishing
• Endangered breeds cryo-bank (semen, ova)
• 1950 – 1960
Technology
• 1990
Technology
• Beginning of new millenium
Technology
Technology
• Beginning of new millenium
Cow inventory (total, dairy, beef)
712
657
598583
548529
496
466
437 433 424410 406 400
384374 373 367 373 376 372 369 367
38 46 4959 67
82100
124136 141 140
154 163 160 168178 178 185 191
204 211 218 221
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
dairy beef total
Milk 19 % + beef 6 % of the agricultural production => main sector
Structure of beef and dairy farms
Size (heads) dairy cows % beef cows %
1 - 10 3 515 0.9 17 080 9.2
11 - 50 15 556 4.2 41 898 22.7
51 - 200 52 619 14.1 58 088 31.4
201 - 500 151 082 40.5 42 831 23.2
501 – 1 000 123 971 33.2 16 012 8.7
over 1000 26 301 7.1 8 914 4.8
TOTAL 373 044 100 184 823 100
60 % Holstein38 % Fleckvieh2 % other
CharolaisAberdeen AngusLimousineBeef Simmental
1 700 dairy farms/ 3 bil kg milk
Milk recordingColecting points
Milk laboratory
Transportation of theboxes/vials
MR on the farm
Milk recording numbers
Number
of cows
Percentage
of milk
recording
A4 AZ AT
2014 370,721 354,835 95.7 64.0 35.6 0.4
2015 368,234 356,594 96.8 61.1 38.0 0.9
2016 371,197 352,832 95.1 58.9 40.5 0.6
2017 364,642 349,978 96.0 49.4 50.1 0.5
2018 361,073 347,95 96.4 45.2 54.3 0.5
Year
Average
total
number of
cows
Milk-recorded cowsMilk recording method used
in the Czech Republic
386
394
395
398 398
397
394
395
396
398
401 401
400
399
398
400
399
398
396 396 396 396
393
390
391
375
380
385
390
395
400
405
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6000
7000
8000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
kg mléka mezidobíKg milk Calving int.
Milk production (kg per year) and lenght of calvinginterval (days)
2017/2018: 7 591 kg
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4.000
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Mléko
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Mezidobí
Milk production (kg per year) and lenght of calvinginterval (days) 2017/2018: 10 059 kg
Kg milkCalving int.
Total merit index in main breedsImproving the overall profitability of dairy cows
Milk 38%
Beef 16%
Fitness 46%
GZW - FLECKVIEH
Milk Beef Fitness
Production 49%
Reproduction 15%
SCS 7%
Longevity 5%
Conformation 24%
SIH - HOLSTEIN
Production Reproduction SCS Longevity Conformation
Current situation
• More focus of the farmers on fitness & health traits
• Voluntary welfare projects in dairy and beef cattle
• Higher sensitivity of the consumers regarding welfare & wellbeing of the animals
• More customer (farmer) oriented services
http://www.cmsch.cz
Health monitoring data
On-line system of health data & diagnosis
Currently almost1 mil records
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