Technical updates 2025
In April, in addition to the usual annual change of the genetic base, which in Italy happens every year, the data release was affected by several updates: ✔️ PFT revision ✔️IES revision ✔️Addition of [...]
Brown Swiss News!
Intermizoo expands its horizons, dedicating itself to the Brown Swiss breed. This is not a new field, but a return, approached with the strength of over 50 years of experience in the Italian Holstein [...]
World Dairy Expo 2023
Intermizoo is waiting for you at the World Dairy Expo in Madison (WI) from 1st to 6th October. You will find our stand in Coliseum - Main Concourse n° 67, near the Cattle Showring. [...]
ELECTA – Sexed Genetics
On March 31, 2023, Intermizoo inaugurated the new semen sexing laboratory at the Vallevecchia facilities in Brussa di Carole (Venice). Intermizoo and IntelliGen® Technologies have established a new collaboration with the aim to bring [...]
Calf Recumbency
The scientific community has recently identified a new genetic condition in the Holstein breed, named Calf Recumbency also called Onset Muscle Weakness Syndrome - MW (early muscle weakness). What is [...]
Calving Ease Index
What's new? During the April 2023 data release, ANAFIBJ has updated the Calving Ease Index. The calculation model used so far (Sire Model*) has been replaced with the Animal Model**. In addition, the data [...]
Italian Holstein Selection: the PFT index
The main selection index for the Italian Holstein Fresian breed developed by ANAFIBJ is called PFT, which stands for Production, Functionality and Type. The PFT index combines these three elements based on the selection [...]
Heat Tolerance Index
The most important news of this evaluation is the pubblication of the Index for Heat Tolerance - IHT by ANAFIBJ, the National Association of Italian Holstein Breeders. What is the heat stress? In the last [...]
Heat stress in dairy cattle
"There are no more mid-seasons!" How many times do we hear it? In fact, over the last 50 years, global temperatures have seen a significant spike and the lack of laws and regulations capable [...]
