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Denmark
Denmark has the largest Jersey cattle population in Europe with 62,000 pure bred and milk recorded Jersey cows.
The breed represents about 13% of all Danish dairy cattle.
Credited
with the highest production of butterfat in the world, the 2005 national average for the purebred recorded Jerseys
is 6,350 kg milk with 376 kg fat (5.92%) 258 kg protein (4.07%).
Annually, semen from approximately 60 young bulls is used
for test inseminations and 30% of all inseminations involve young sire semen. Denmark is a major exporter of Jersey
genetics and most national Jersey herds in mainland Europe are founded on Danish Jerseys.
Danish Jersey exported 130,000 doses of semen (to 31 different countries) and 3,450 heifers in 2005.
Danish Jersey also started to use sexed semen in December 2004 and in 2005 we had the first 700 calves born
(app. 90% heifers).
DANISH JERSEYS
Ebeltoftvej 16, Assentoft, 8900 Randers, Denmark
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