# ABS Global

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**ABS Global**, formerly the **American Breeders Service**, is an artificial insemination company that sells [frozen bovine semen](/source/Frozen_bovine_semen). Its headquarters are in [DeForest, Wisconsin](/source/DeForest,_Wisconsin).

American Breeders Service was founded in 1941 by [John Rockefeller Prentice](/source/John_Rockefeller_Prentice).[1][2][3] It was originally called the American Dairy Guernsey Associates of Northern Illinois and changed its name to American Breeders Service in 1950.[4]

As of 1962, the company was headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. Its facilities reportedly stored over 1.5 million [ampules](/source/Ampule) of frozen bull semen. The semen was kept frozen with [liquid nitrogen](/source/Liquid_nitrogen).[5]

American Breeders Service began selling its products in the Soviet Union in 1983, after conducting negotiations there for six years previous.[6] That year, the company cloned two bulls, named Divide and Duplicate, from one embryo.[7]

As of 1983, American Breeders Service was owned by [W. R. Grace and Company](/source/W._R._Grace_and_Company).[7] Its name was changed to ABS Global in 1994, after the company was bought by an investment bank.[8] On November 15, 1999, [Genus plc](/source/Genus_plc) bought ABS Global from Protein Genetics, a New York–based firm.[9] When the sale closed, ABS had around 340 employees, 150 of which were in DeForest.[9]

## References

1. ["ABS Global Celebrates 70th Anniversary"](https://hoards.com/article-2633-abs-global-celebrates-70th-anniversary.html). *[Hoard's Dairyman](/source/Hoard's_Dairyman)*. June 13, 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211105005647/https://hoards.com/article-2633-abs-global-celebrates-70th-anniversary.html) November 5, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

1. Jones, Meg (March 26, 2014). ["It's all bull: ABS Global needs new puns — but keep it clean"](http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/its-all-bull-abs-global-needs-new-puns--but-keep-it-clean-b99234134z1-252561931.html). *[Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel](/source/Milwaukee_Journal-Sentinel)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140327223550/http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/its-all-bull-abs-global-needs-new-puns--but-keep-it-clean-b99234134z1-252561931.html) March 27, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

1. Radin, Joanna (2017-03-27). [*Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5302DgAAQBAJ). [University of Chicago Press](/source/University_of_Chicago_Press). p. 40. ISBN 978-0-226-44824-4.

1. Spahr, Sidney L. & Opperman, George E. (1995). [*The Dairy Cow Today: U.S. Trends, Breeding, and Progress Since 1980*](https://books.google.com/books?id=wwzdTLkobfIC). Hoard's Dairyman Books. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-932147-26-4.

1. ["Calf Born 9 Years After Sire Died Emphasizes Work of Madison Firm"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88364095/calf-born-9-years-after-sire-died/). *[The Capital Times](/source/The_Capital_Times)*. November 30, 1962. p. 10. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. Shepel, Jan (March 21, 1990). ["Good cattle, good will bridge people in Madison, Russia"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88364808/good-cattle-good-will-bridge-people-in/). *The Country Today*. p. 21. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Livestock breeders try embryo splitting"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88365355/livestock-breeders-try-embryo-splitting/). *Stevens Point Journal*. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). May 18, 1983. p. 14. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. Ivey, Mike (September 7, 1995). ["ABS Global to sell 400 acres"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88366242/abs-global-to-sell-400-acres/). *[The Capital Times](/source/The_Capital_Times)*. p. 21. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. Barrett, Rick (December 5, 1999). ["Merger joins big players"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88365814/merger-joins-big-players/). *[Wisconsin State Journal](/source/Wisconsin_State_Journal)*. p. 47. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

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