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Reproductive performance and expression of imprinted genes in somatic cell cloned boars

Cloned boars could be highly effective for proliferation of pigs with desirable characteristics, preservation of genetic resources and risk reduction against epidemic diseases.

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It is imperative to heat detect with the male in front of the sows. The farm worker must play an active role in heat detection; touching, pressing on the sows without scaring them.

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Tips for heat detection

In the first part of this article series we addressed how to correctly stimulate oestrus. In this article we continue talking with swine reproduction specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, focusing on heat detection.

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Magapor and Guyue sign historic agreement to build the largest boar stud worldwide

The two companies will build a 1,000-head boar stud in China which will be the largest boar stud in the world.

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(From left to right) José Ángel Pedrido, Customer Services Manager Swine, Hendrix Genetics; Friedrich Hazenfuß, Director AI, BHZP; Nicolás Álvarez Hoggan, General Manager CE & SE Europe Swine, Hendrix Genetics; Dr. Conrad Welp, General Manager, BHZP; Jeroen van de Camp, Global Operations and Services Director Swine, Hendrix Genetics; Daniel Stegen, Sales Manager, BHZP

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Collaboration the Key to New Pork Pact

Top breeder organizations Hendrix Genetics (Hypor) and German-based BHZP sign agreement, improving market concentration and collaboration.

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Direct contact with the boar is recommended for gilts. Doing so increases the proportion of gilts coming into oestrus in the first 3 weeks of boar exposure.

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Tips to stimulate gilts and sows coming into heat

In a series of articles, swine reproduction and insemination specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, addresses the key aspects of oestrus stimulation and detection, and insemination.

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Heat detection

Only the best workers are able to detect sows in heat without a boar…

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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.

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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.

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Absence of seminal plasma from sperm-rich fraction decreases boar sperm quality characteristics

The seminal plasma from the sperm-rich fraction is important for the maintenance of adequate structural and functional characteristics of extended liquid boar semen.

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Cases of reproductive failure around mating: as real as life itself

Management of dead semen, data analysis, vaccinations,... These are some examples that we will deal with in the following 6 case studies.

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Sperm membrane proteins associated with the boar semen cryopreservation

Boars sperm membrane proteins may explain differences in semen cryopreservation success, serving as freezability markers.

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Semen Cardona inaugurates new GTC in Tarazona

Semen Cardona ha sido la encargada de realizar la obra civil del centro y lo gestionará, mientras que PIC aportará los verracos seleccionados entre las mejores líneas genéticas.

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The effect of age, interval collection and season on selected semen parameters and prediction of AI boars productivity

The possibility of planning the production level has a special importance for AI stations, and its inaccuracy should be minimized by eliminating the factors differentiating the quantity and quality of the ejaculate.

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Effects of the different levels of dietary vitamin D on boar performance and semen quality

The possible mechanism of vitamin D action on boar performance was explored.

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Semen Cardona will start the works of a last-generation AIC in the Segovia area

It will consolidate its growth in the Spanish market.

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A comparative study of the effects of Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens upon boar semen preserved in liquid storage

The effects of infection by E. coli were dependent of both bacterial load and storage period, whereas the effects of C. perfringens were mainly dependent on the bacterial load.