The Abondance breed, renowned for its dairy qualities and hardiness, has for many years been faced with a hitherto unexplained juvenile mortality rate, impacting both farm profitability and animal welfare. New genome mapping approaches are now enabling us to implement solutions aimed at eliminating (or at least drastically reducing) these early losses. Zoom in on a useful and exciting project!

GAEC DES RAPILLES is based in Engins in the Isère department. Situated at an altitude of 900m, it is now run by Philippe MOINIER and Alain FRANCOZ. Meeting with Josselin FRANCOZ, employee on the farm and future owner of the business

JOLLY, daughter of VORTEX was born on 08/07/2014 at GAEC L'ESPRIT DES MONTAGNES in MANIGOD (74). Spotted in 2018 thanks to genotyping, Yves DUNAND (the Abondance technician at the time) qualified her as a mother to bull (MAT). She will remain so for 4 years, leaving behind her the REGGAE bull (son of NOSTRESS) born in October 2020 and released in 2022 as a young sire in the AURIVA catalog.

As in many aspects of genetic selection, the arrival of genomics in Abondance a few years ago has enabled biotechnologies, and in particular embryo transfer (ET), to take a step forward. Whether as part of a scheme to offer you the best breeding stock or for private use, TE is a powerful tool for genetic progress. In this brochure, we give the floor to Franck Mariller, one of the key players in the field of TE in Abondance. A seasoned embryo transplant technician, he shares his experience with us.