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A World First For Limousin Male Sexed Semen
15/12/2009
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Fermanagh-based Crawford Brothers have launched the first Limousin male sexed semen in the world from their prolific Show winning bull, Sauvignon.
In partnership with Cogent, the world leader in sexed semen technology and the UK’s largest bull stud, this development is expected to have a significant impact for export markets. In 2007, Sauvignon became the first Limousin bull in the world and the first beef bull in the UK from which female sexed semen was made available. His straws have been successfully exported throughout the world.
Raymond Crawford said: “This is another very exciting development for us and one which we have been working on for some time. Each straw has on average over 90% male sperm and it gives breeders and commercial producers the opportunity to buy world-class semen to improve the profitability of their family business.”
He added: “We are continually working to develop our export markets and have already achieved significant success in selling female sexed semen in Germany, Poland, Australia, America, South Africa, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Uruguay, Holland and Hungary. I have recently returned from Brazil and was really encouraged by the interest there in importing genetics to regenerate bloodlines and believe the worldwide potential to be enormous.”
In March 2007, Sauvignon took the Male Championship title at the SIMA/SIMAGENA Show held in Paris. As well as winning his class and standing Male Champion, Sauvignon also took the Champion Carcase Bull award. An outstanding winner, he was also the 2007 Supreme Beef Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show and the Overall Limousin Champion at the Royal Welsh Show in 2006. Now seven years old, he was imported from France by Crawford Brothers in 2006.