News Archive - Genus ABS India

Himachal records birth of first sexed semen calf

Himachal Pradesh on Monday achieved a rare feat as the state recorded the first female calf birth using the sexed semen (gender selected) technique. The birth has been reported by Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture (HPAU), Palampur. The HPAU introduced the technique in April last year after. The university authorities have named the calf ‘Ambika’. The HPAU had signed...

ABS demonstrates commitment to the science, precision and accuracy to create Sexcel® Sexed Genetics.

MADISON, WI, U.S.A. — ABS Global announces the publication of the paper, “Technical Note: Droplet digital PCR precisely and accurately quantifies sex skew in bovine semen,” in the Journal of Dairy Science. The paper describes the IntelliGen® Technologies proprietary methods to validate sexed semen skew and demonstrates the commitment to the rigorous science ABS uses to create Sexcel® sexed...

Tamil Nadu's sex-sorted artificial insemination project records 95.7 per cent success

CHENNAI: The State government scheme, which uses sex-sorted semen during artificial insemination of cows to ensure breeding of female calves, has recorded a whopping 95.7 per cent success rate as against the global standard of 90 per cent. The scheme was implemented in November last year to increase milk production and thereby enhance revenue for diary farmers. A...

ABS Global Strengthens Icon Sire™ Offering, Graduates 15

April 3, 2019 For Immediate Release MADISON, WI, U.S.A. — ABS customers have every reason to get excited as 29HO17947 ROWDY is elevated to Icon Sire™ status today with a 1040 NM$. ROWDY is among the eight sires added to the ABS Icon Sire list and 14 ABS sires graduated with proven daughters Tuesday. “We are excited that ROWDY...

ABS GLOBAL Signs Sexed Semen Agreement with Indian Cooperative, Dudhsagar Dairy

December 5, 2017 We are very excited to announce that ABS Global has signed an agreement to provide sexed semen using Genus IntelliGen™ Technologies (GIGT) proprietary sexing technology to the Mehsana District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. in Mehsana, India. We were especially happy to sign the agreement shortly after National Milk Day in India! Under the agreement, a...

ARSHI FIRST CALF FROM “MADE IN INDIA” ABS SEXCEL - SEXED SEMEN

Arshi means the first sun rays of a rising sun. It is also the name of the female calf born at Saraswat Dairy Farm at Karab village in Mahaval tehsil Mathura, UP. Jaidev Saraswat opened a dairy farm about two years ago with 20 pregnant cows at his native village Karab after retiring as Dairy Superintendent from the Livestock Research...

Genus IntelliGen® Technologies Partners with Geno – Leading Norwegian Genetics Breeder

Genus IntelliGen® Technologies, a unit of Genus plc, a global pioneer in animal genetics, announces a technology transfer and license agreement of its proprietary sexed genetics technology to Geno, the leading Norwegian bovine genetics producer. Geno will produce sexed Norwegian Red genetics in Norway using Genus’ innovative genetics sexing technology. Geno has had an exclusive partnership with ABS Global (Genus...

Genus plc Introduces Genus IntelliGen™ Technologies

Genus plc, a global pioneer in animal genetics, today launches Genus IntelliGen® Technologies, a new technology unit within the Genus organization. IntelliGen, formerly known as Genus Sexed Semen, is the global brand behind the technology that enabled ABS Global to launch Sexcel™ Sexed Genetics in September. “The introduction of IntelliGen Technologies is in strong alignment with the Genus mission of...

ABS Global Launches Sexcel™ Sexed Genetics

MADISON, WI, U.S.A. — ABS Global Inc. (ABS), a division of Genus plc, today launches Sexcel™ Sexed Genetics, made using 21st century technology and designed to deliver more high-value pregnancies to dairy herds worldwide. Sexcel harnesses ABS’s best genetics and is produced through a novel, proprietary technology for sexing bovine semen. This innovative technology does not subject...

ABS Purchases Remaining Shares of In Vitro Brasil

MADISON, WI, U.S.A. — ABS® Global Inc., a division of Genus plc, recently became the sole owner of In Vitro Brasil S.A. (IVB®). In 2015, ABS purchased 51 percent of the company focused on in vitro fertilization (IVF) of bovine embryos. The negotiation of the remaining shares was expected to take place in 2018, but was completed on...