Nurse sow strategies: Consequences for sow welfare
No difference was detected between nurse sows and non-nurse sows in body condition or severity of lesions.
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Breed cards: Apulo-Calabrese Pig
History and current status of Apulo-Calabrese pig breed, one of the Italian autochthonous pig breeds.
Danish Genetics announces 100 percent genomic selection
Danish Genetics have launched a new initiative in order to speed up the genetic progress by increasing the genomic selection to 100 percent of the purebred breeding animals. The result will be more than 30 percent raise in the genetic development.
Post-thaw boar sperm motility is affected by prolonged storage of sperm in liquid nitrogen
The fact that the major phenotypic characteristic of boar spermatozoa, motility, is constrained by time of cryostorage should be considered when building cryobanks of pig semen.
Danish Genetics: increased genetic value with a new project on meat quality and slaughter information
The project is the first of its kind to combine the newest technology in the form of CT scans with slaughter information for three Danish pig breeds in Denmark in order to identify prospects for faster genetic development within the breeding goal on meat quality.
The role of your farm on the sows' reproductive potential (2/2)
What is more important: the farm or genetics?
Breed cards: Bísaro pig
The history and current status of Bísaro pig, a Portuguese native breed belonging to the Celtic line.
Sperm DNA integrity in Landrace and Duroc boar semen and its relationship to litter size
Sperm DNA integrity in semen with good motility and morphology may be an additional prediction parameter for fertility in pigs.
Andrimner and the University of Murcia collaborate in an embryo transfer project
The embryo transfer has been carried out on DNA Genetics' L600 (Duroc) and L200 (LW) genetic lines, Andrimner being their exclusive distributor throughout Europe.
Genus: Strategic porcine collaboration in China
The collaboration, with Beijing Capital Agribusiness Co. Ltd is to research, develop, register and market elite pigs in China that are resistant to PRRS.
A comparison between nulliparous and multiparous sows cervix with regard to post-cervical AI
The future design of AI strategies and catheters should take into consideration the morphological variations of the cervix lumen, which will depend on age and parity of the females.
Topigs Norsvin books an operating profit of € 6.7 million
The gross margin increased to € 73.9 million, an increase of 4% compared to 2017. Topigs Norsvin performed better than was budgeted and the organization once again experienced a good year.
The role of your farm on the sows' reproductive potential (1/2)
Is it worth to purchase hyperprolific sows for my farm?
CEO Martin Bijl leaving Topigs Norsvin
Martin will continue to lead Topigs Norsvin for the next few months and further realize the masterplan formulated in 2017.
Breed cards: Basque pig
The history and current status of Basque pig breed, a South-West of France autochthonous swine breed.
TN Tempo copes better with PRRS
Results from this trial highlight the exceptional attributes of TN Tempo-sired pigs that are “bred for toughness”.