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JDH Remington
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| OKABRA Juno OKB91/8 |
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OKABRA Clawa
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OKABRA King OKB94/31 |
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OKABRA
Don Juan
OKB97/63 |
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Namibia
on the south-west coast of Africa is an environmentally harsh country
with very erratic rainfall patterns. Our Brahmans are well adapted to
the warm subtropical climate and show a high resistance towards parasites.
The herd is run under extensive farming practices on the savanna rangelands,
and no exceptions are made compared to our commercial cattle. |
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The Okabra
Brahman Stud, from the northern part of Namibia, has established itself
since its inception in 1987 as one of the leading and one of the largest
Brahman studs in Southern Africa. The Schneider family has been in extensive
cattle ranching as its core business since 1913 at Okamutombe near Grootfontein
and thus bring along a successful history of sustainable beef production. |
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The
first heifers were purchased in 1987 from the late Reg Hunt; other
selected heifers and productive cows were added to lead to a present
total of about 350 females running with the bulls. The initial
cow herd was based on the well-known American Sugarland Manso bloodlines.
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of
these
cows a superior family was identified and a progeny bull HBS 88/149
was
selected and used for many years to establish a sound cow-herd with constitution
and capacity for beef production. This sire (HBS 88/149) leads back
to
the Sugarland Loxacrata bulls 63 and 115, both sons of Loxey Gamel de
Manso 55! |
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Over
the years semen from well-known bulls were used - out of this one
outstanding sire line was extensively used, namely from JK Sugar Crata
45 with son JDH Remington Manso 784/2 with progeny JDH Rem Grande Manso
560h and V8 700/3! |
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On dam side:
Sire
HS82/179 |
On dam side:
Sires Sugarland Suville
75 & Sugarata Mr 09 |
On dam side:
Sire
HBS88/149 |
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Today our herd
consists of selected Manso-type Brahmans from both these bloodlines ideally
suited for beef production under natural conditions for the export market!
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HBS88/149
a grandson of
Sugarland Loxacrata 63
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Recently
selected semen from well-known South African bulls HS88/2, BOS96/472 (progeny
of Mark JAH89/30) and BOS96/439 were used to provide for the next generation
of stud bulls. The latter leading again back to the JDH and Sugarland
bloodlines! |
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One of our reliant sires:
TECKELENBURG SIR LOUIS HS94/86 |
In the 2002 BREEDPLAN analysis of Estimated Breeding Values (EVBs) for all herd
sires used in Southern Africa, Sir Louis (see picture left) was the only
bull who was a trait leader in four traits. On top of that he is a "curve-bender"
with low birth weight EBVs and very high growth values (see table below). Even
in the 2005 preplan analysis this bull shows excellent "curve-bender" breeding
values.
SEMEN AVAILABLE @ N$ 200/ straw !! |
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E E D P L A N E
S T I M A T E D B R E E D I N G V A L
U E S (EBVs) OF PRESENT STUDBULLS 2005 |
| Animal Name |
Statistics |
Birth |
Milk |
Growth |
Carcase |
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Num Herd |
Prog Anly |
BWT
acc |
Milk
acc |
200
acc |
400
acc |
600
acc |
Mwt
acc |
Cwt
acc |
Ema
acc |
Rib
acc |
Rump
acc |
Rby%
acc |
Imf%
acc |
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AVERAGE
EBV's 2005 ANALYSIS |
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+1.3 |
+3 |
+13 |
+20 |
+25 |
+25 |
+14 |
+0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| Tecklenburg Sir Louis 94/86 |
3 |
227 |
+1.1
96% |
+2
54%
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+17
87% |
+22
88% |
+32
89% |
+39
79% |
+17
78% |
+0.6
50% |
0.0
62% |
-0.1
62% |
+0.1
52% |
+0.1
49% |
Bos Blanco
96/472 |
7 |
99 |
+2.5
95% |
0
49% |
+19
88% |
+25
87% |
+35
86% |
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+18
73% |
+1.0
40% |
0.0
51% |
-0.1
50% |
+0.5
42% |
-0.1
35% |
Bos Blanco
96/439 |
12 |
125 |
+0.5
96% |
+2
48% |
+24
87% |
+38
84% |
+48
86% |
+46
73% |
+25
71% |
+0.2
38% |
-0.3
47% |
-0.5
47% |
+0.1
39% |
+0.1
35% |
Okabra Don Juan
97/63 |
2 |
92 |
+2.2
95% |
+2
37% |
+6
81% |
+18
81% |
+16
82% |
+16
73% |
+11
69% |
0.0
41% |
+0.4
51% |
+0.5
51% |
-0.2
43% |
0.0
40% |
| H.B.S Hunt Diamond Lox 98/89 |
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69 |
+0.5
88% |
+3
39% |
+10
76% |
+12
70% |
+19
69% |
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+11
54% |
+0.2
20% |
+0.2
24% |
+0.2
24% |
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Bos Blanco
98/815 |
3 |
36 |
+0.3
91% |
+2
37% |
+10
71% |
+14
65% |
+21
64% |
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Bos Blanco
98/807 |
7 |
36 |
+1.1
87% |
+6
41% |
+13
69% |
+18
63% |
+23
64% |
+20
53% |
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Okabra
Clawa 00/311 |
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12 |
+1.5
87% |
+3
39% |
+16
76% |
+21
71% |
+23
70% |
+25
60% |
+14
56% |
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Okabra
Emperor 01/442 |
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6 |
+0.6
83% |
+2
36% |
+9
73% |
+18
76% |
+17
72% |
+24
62% |
+12
62% |
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Okabra Simon
01/439 |
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+1.3
82% |
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+14
72% |
+27
75% |
+34
71% |
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+19
61% |
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OKABRA BRAHMANS:
Beef - that's what we are all about !! |
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