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Displaying Articles 116-138 in Breeding and Reproduction
Pig Industry Articles: Breeding and Reproduction
Gilt Management for Maximum Lifetime Productivity
By Hypor. Hypor gilts have the genetic potential for outstanding reproductive performance and careful attention to these key areas of gilt management will help to ensure a high first litter size and a long productive life. Correct management of the gilt...
By Hypor. Hypor gilts have the genetic potential for outstanding reproductive performance and careful attention to these key areas of gilt management will help to ensure a high first litter size and a long productive life. Correct management of the gilt...
How are Breeders Helping to Reduce Emissions?
Past genetic improvements have significantly contributed to a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) per unit of animal product, and breeding remains an important tool in further reductions. These key points were made by Dr Huw Jones of Genesis...
Past genetic improvements have significantly contributed to a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) per unit of animal product, and breeding remains an important tool in further reductions. These key points were made by Dr Huw Jones of Genesis...
Factors Influencing Litter Size and Birth Weight
By Hypor. The production of large litters of high quality piglets with good, even birth weights is an important aspect of maximizing Weaning Capacity because it results in the highest number and weight of piglets weaned. Attention to the areas of management...
By Hypor. The production of large litters of high quality piglets with good, even birth weights is an important aspect of maximizing Weaning Capacity because it results in the highest number and weight of piglets weaned. Attention to the areas of management...
New Opportunities for Reproductive Management
Reducing the number of piglets in which replacement gilts and boars are raised is one way to improve the longevity and productivity of future breeding stock. William L. Flowers of North Carolina State University explained why at the London Swine Conference...
Reducing the number of piglets in which replacement gilts and boars are raised is one way to improve the longevity and productivity of future breeding stock. William L. Flowers of North Carolina State University explained why at the London Swine Conference...
Review of the Effects of Stress on Reproduction in Pigs
Stig Einarsson and colleagues from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala have reviewed the published literature into the effects of stress on boars, sows and gilts. They found the effects of stress to be dependent on its type, timing,...
Stig Einarsson and colleagues from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala have reviewed the published literature into the effects of stress on boars, sows and gilts. They found the effects of stress to be dependent on its type, timing,...
Farrowing Sows on Pasture
A practical guide to the management, health and feeding of the breeding herd outside from Oklahoma State University. It was written by William G. Luce (extension animal science specialist, swine), Joseph E. Williams (Professor of Agricultural Economics)...
A practical guide to the management, health and feeding of the breeding herd outside from Oklahoma State University. It was written by William G. Luce (extension animal science specialist, swine), Joseph E. Williams (Professor of Agricultural Economics)...
Evaluating Breeds of Swine for Crossbreeding Programs
Archie C. Clutter (Assistant Professor, Animal Science), David S. Buchanan (Professor, Animal Science) and William G. Luce (Extension Swine Specialist), explain crossbreeding, heterosis and the effects on performance and carcass traits in this Fact Sheet...
Archie C. Clutter (Assistant Professor, Animal Science), David S. Buchanan (Professor, Animal Science) and William G. Luce (Extension Swine Specialist), explain crossbreeding, heterosis and the effects on performance and carcass traits in this Fact Sheet...
Optimum Length of Time for a Boar to be in Stud
There are typically two conflicting perspectives: that of the boar stud and that of the semen customer, commercial pig producer, according to J.S. Fix and colleagues at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Pig Improvement Company. They have developed...
There are typically two conflicting perspectives: that of the boar stud and that of the semen customer, commercial pig producer, according to J.S. Fix and colleagues at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Pig Improvement Company. They have developed...
50 More Years of Breeding Excellence
Dr Grant Walling, Research and Genetics Director for JSR Genetics, looked into his crystal ball and gave his predictions concerning genetic progress in the next five decades. He gave the presentation at the company's 19th Annual Technical Conference,...
Dr Grant Walling, Research and Genetics Director for JSR Genetics, looked into his crystal ball and gave his predictions concerning genetic progress in the next five decades. He gave the presentation at the company's 19th Annual Technical Conference,...
Thinking About Genetic Costs?
Production costs for three commercial breeding strategies are compared by Ronald O. Bates, State Swine Specialist at Michigan State University and published in MSU Pork Quarterly (volume 13, number 2)
Production costs for three commercial breeding strategies are compared by Ronald O. Bates, State Swine Specialist at Michigan State University and published in MSU Pork Quarterly (volume 13, number 2)
Optimise Parity Distribution
From Farms.com. Stephanie Rutten of the University of Minnesota explains the benefits of optimisation-based sow replacement programmes, and how to manage such a strategy.
From Farms.com. Stephanie Rutten of the University of Minnesota explains the benefits of optimisation-based sow replacement programmes, and how to manage such a strategy.
New Device Measures Body Fat
Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service have found a new magnetic resonance imaging system to be a promising tool to measure body composition in piglets. It is hoped that the technique can be applied to track changes in body composition of...
Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service have found a new magnetic resonance imaging system to be a promising tool to measure body composition in piglets. It is hoped that the technique can be applied to track changes in body composition of...
Sow Management: How Many Litters/Sow Should I be Targeting?
By Glynn T. Tonsor (Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University) and Kevin C. Dhuyvetter (Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University) and published in the Michigan State University Pork Qu...
By Glynn T. Tonsor (Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University) and Kevin C. Dhuyvetter (Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University) and published in the Michigan State University Pork Qu...
Selecting for Improved Weaning Capacity
By Hypor. The company's breeding programme balances the drive for high weaning weights with the need for a robust and long-lived sow.
By Hypor. The company's breeding programme balances the drive for high weaning weights with the need for a robust and long-lived sow.
Selection for Piglet Vitality Pays Off
Breeding effort since 2002 shows more piglets and less mortality, writes Jackie Linden, ThePigSite Editor.
Breeding effort since 2002 shows more piglets and less mortality, writes Jackie Linden, ThePigSite Editor.
The Role of Biosecurity in Aujeszky's Disease/Pseudorabies Control
By Jake Waddilove MA, VetMB MRCVS, DuPont Animal Health Solutions. In this article, Jake Waddilove advises that Aujeszky's Disease (AD), or Pseudorabies (PR) as it is also known, is an important worldwide disease. Some countries are free from the disease,...
By Jake Waddilove MA, VetMB MRCVS, DuPont Animal Health Solutions. In this article, Jake Waddilove advises that Aujeszky's Disease (AD), or Pseudorabies (PR) as it is also known, is an important worldwide disease. Some countries are free from the disease,...
Multi-Sire, Multi-Mating - A Multitude of Sins
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. In Denmark organic pork production is based on applying natural principles to animal husbandry techniques and management practices where and whenever possible. However, research at Aarhus University has shown that relying...
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. In Denmark organic pork production is based on applying natural principles to animal husbandry techniques and management practices where and whenever possible. However, research at Aarhus University has shown that relying...
Development of Novel Technologies for Swine Production
The swine production industry operates under a narrow profit margin that has tightened in recent years due in part to increasing governmental regulations, Chad Stahl said in his presentation to the Carolina Feed Industry Association Fall Conference and...
The swine production industry operates under a narrow profit margin that has tightened in recent years due in part to increasing governmental regulations, Chad Stahl said in his presentation to the Carolina Feed Industry Association Fall Conference and...
Fetal Pig Programming - An Emerging Concept with Possible Implications for Swine Reproductive Performance
By Mark J. Estienne and Allen F. Harper, VA Tech Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, VA. Livestock Update, April 2008.
By Mark J. Estienne and Allen F. Harper, VA Tech Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, VA. Livestock Update, April 2008.
Does Dam Parity Affect Progeny Health Status?
By Thomas E. Burkey, Phillip S. Miller, Rodger K. Johnson, Duane E. Reese and Roman Moreno¹. Preliminary data indicate that progeny health status may improve with increasing parity.
By Thomas E. Burkey, Phillip S. Miller, Rodger K. Johnson, Duane E. Reese and Roman Moreno¹. Preliminary data indicate that progeny health status may improve with increasing parity.
Catheter Considerations
This article was based on a peer reviewed paper that appeared in the Journal of Swine Health and Production 15 – Volume 16, Number 1. We have been advised that the authenticity of the aforementioned peer reviewed paper has become sub judice and as...
This article was based on a peer reviewed paper that appeared in the Journal of Swine Health and Production 15 – Volume 16, Number 1. We have been advised that the authenticity of the aforementioned peer reviewed paper has become sub judice and as...
Sports Supplements to Aid Parturition and Reduce Perinatal Mortality
By Theo van Kempen Provimi RIC, and North Carolina State University. Published in the University of Nottingham University Press. Perinatal mortality, which includes stillbirths and neonatal mortality in the first days after parturition, is a serious challenge...
By Theo van Kempen Provimi RIC, and North Carolina State University. Published in the University of Nottingham University Press. Perinatal mortality, which includes stillbirths and neonatal mortality in the first days after parturition, is a serious challenge...
Bridging the Gap Between Genetic Potential and On-Farm Performance in Commercial Pigs
By Aedmund J. McClure, Courtesy of Alltech Inc. Commercial hybrid pigs as found on farms throughout the world today have a much improved potential for growth and a much better ability to convert feed to liveweight gain than their counterparts in the late...
By Aedmund J. McClure, Courtesy of Alltech Inc. Commercial hybrid pigs as found on farms throughout the world today have a much improved potential for growth and a much better ability to convert feed to liveweight gain than their counterparts in the late...
