Cost-Effective Genomic Selection for Pig Feed Efficiency

For the pig industry, feed is the largest cost of production, accounting for about 65% of the total cost. Breeding feed efficient pigs is an important tool for a pig breeding company to assure its continued competitiveness and success, writes Chunyan Zhang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta and Genesus Inc.
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