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Update on the host genetics of resistance to porcine diseases

Dr. Jack Dekkers, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, from the 2016 North American PRRS Symposium, December 3‐4, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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The birthing process of a piglet

Scott Phillips, a pig farmer from Missouri, shows how he pays individual attention to the mother pigs as they give birth to their piglets.

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Pigs that are resistant to PRRSv developed at University of Missouri

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs that contract the disease have extreme difficulty reproducing, don’t gain weight and have a high mortality rate. The disease costs North American farmers more than $660 million annually. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Kansas State University, and Genus plc have bred pigs that are not harmed by the disease.

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The Use of Transgenic Pigs in PRRSV Research

The Use of Transgenic Pigs in PRRSV Research, by Dr. Randy Prather, University of Missouri, from the 2014 North American PRRS Symposium, December 5-6, 2014, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Sow making a nest

Sow making a nest outdoors.

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How to process a litter

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How to stimulate the sow during Artifitial Insemination

Aroused sows, Danish scientists have discovered, increases by several percentage points impregnation by artificial insemination. From TED Talk shared knowledge podcast.

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Positive sow in heat

A sow shows the typical behaviour of estrus and is mated by a boar.

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Sow Farrowing

A typical piglet birth.

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Iberian Pigs

The Black Iberian Pig, also known in Portugal as Alentejano Pig, is a breed, Mediterraneus, of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) that is indigenous to the Mediterranean area.

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Mangalica sow (Mangalica koca)

Mangalica or Mangalitsa is a breed of pig grown especially in Hungary and the Balkans known also as a curly-hair hog. It belongs to European unimproved lard-type breeds (as well as Iberian Black, Sicilian Black, and Alentejana pigs) that are descended directly from wild boar populations.