Introduction: Heritability estimates play a crucial role in livestock breeding by measuring the genetic influence on specific traits. This summary focuses on heritability estimates for swine, helping producers understand and utilize these estimates to improve their breeding programs.
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For Mette Lundsgaard, the recipe for a healthy sow unit is the right feed strength and management of the sows throughout the cycle.
If you want healthy sows that wean many robust piglets, DanBred genetics spiced with the right management...
Topigs Norsvin has announced impressive financial results for 2023, highlighting significant growth and strong performance. The company's success is attributed to advancements in genetic improvements and innovative swine industry practices. Key achievements include increased revenue and market share, driven...
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January 2023
Reviewed by Marcia Carlson Shannon
Department of Animal Sciences
Missouri is a major feeder pig producing state and annually markets large numbers of pigs that other farmers feed out to market weight. During these marketing and transportation processes, stress...
As North American pig producers adapt to the new standards set by California’s Proposition 12, they can look to the experiences of Danish pig producers for guidance and inspiration.
Proposition 12 will inevitably mean more loose housing of sows in...
Topigs Norsvin USA, a leading provider of swine genetics and innovative solutions to the pork industry, proudly announces the appointment of Juan Carlos Pinilla, DVM, MS, as Director of Technical Services. With a wealth of experience and expertise in...
Abstract
Patterns of within-host influenza A virus (IAV) diversity and evolution have been described in natural human infections, but these patterns remain poorly characterized in non-human hosts. Elucidating these dynamics is important to better understand IAV biology and the evolutionary...
Artificial insemination (AI) in swine is not a new technique. There are reports as early as the 1930s of collecting semen for insemination. However, use of AI in the United States has skyrocketed in the past decade. It is...
At Overgaard Gods, they focus on the well-being of the sows, which makes management that much easier. The manager in the farrowing unit has noticed that the sows get more robust piglets after piglet survival was implemented in DanBred’s...
Breeding must be part of the solution to the major challenges facing pig production: community concerns for the environment, climate, and animal welfare. Breeding can ease these concerns by providing pigs with genetics that are suited to the production...