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I would hate to see the end of the pure Jersey cattle breed
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ON 6 October I attended a cattle show at the Royal Jersey Showground in Trinity and along with quite a few English dairy farmers, including the English judge who came over especially for the show, I was amazed at the quality of the animals in the show ring.
It was very pleasing for me as a Jerseyman to hear such high remarks when the show ended coming from outsiders, and also from the Jersey people around the show ring.
Before I continue, I must admit I was wrongly under the impression that only Aberdeen Angus semen would be imported into the Island, which seems to be quite successful financially to some dairy farmers for beef sales locally.
However, much to my dismay, when I collected my JEP on 18 October the headline and photo of the Belgian Blue bull stated that some of our Jersey cows had been inseminated from this type of animal for beef production.
Being a true Jerseyman of a certain age, my first reaction was that this is the end of the pure Jersey breed, and despite my stubborn concern, that one day just one straw of semen from another breed could find itself wrongly inseminated in a pure Jersey-bred animal.
My mind was put at rest when I read the report by Paul Houzé for the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society (JEP, 25 October) who stated that they had taken no part in the importation of the Belgian Blue semen which also included the Jersey Island Genetics Society’s commercial arm.
I was pleased to read that the status of the Jersey dairy cow has not been affected because of the very special verification before an animal is registered with the above societies, and the purity of the Jersey cow is absolutely unadulterated and they have not got a problem in that area.
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