PIC and Otrada form a strategic relationship
Russian customers will benefit from PIC’s leading genetic program and Otrada’s excellence in elite genetic production, distribution and customer service.
Page 16 of articles about genetics-reproduction
Intake patterns of lactating sows: More important than you may realize.
Deviations from the sow's normal consumption pattern during the lactation phase have important production implications.
IPVS2020: Scientific Committee announces complete scientific program
The event will bring together some of the world's most renowned researchers from June 2nd to 5th in the city of Rio de Janeiro
Mexico: Guanajuato will have a Swine Reproduction and Innovation Center
The main objective of the facility is the inclusion of small and medium-scale producers, who will have access to top quality genetics.
Breed cards: Lietuvos Baltosios Senojo Tipo
Lietuvos Baltosios senojo tipo pigs are remaining purebred pigs of local Lithuanian pig breed (Lietuvos Baltosios) adapted to the specific local environment and locally available feedstuffs.
Evaluating the effect of dietary L-arginine supplementation during early gestation of gilts on plasma metabolites and embryo development
L-arginine supplementation may increase embryos growth during early gestation.
Feeding strategies in primiparous sows on body condition and performance in the first lactation
Differing feeding strategies during rearing may not affect the overall performance of gilts.
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.
Do you know how to interpret your farm's retention rate?
Does a high retention rate indicate high productivity?
Effect of suckling intensity of primiparous sows on production performance during current and subsequent parities
Increased suckling intensity increased litter weight gain but reduced piglet ADG. Following lactations were not negatively affected by increased suckling intensity of the first lactation. Loss of sow body reserves was reduced for the second lactation.
Breed cards: Lietuvos Vietinė Pig
The Lithuanian indigenous wattle (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vietinė) is a domestic pig native to Lithuania and is one of the oldest pig varieties in Europe.
Antimicrobial capabilities of tea tree and rosemary essential oils on refrigerated swine seminal doses
Essential oils may act as antimicrobial agents in seminal doses serving as an alternative to traditional antimicrobials in the face of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
Genomics projects awarded $2.5 million from government, industry
DNA marker identifying lower-stress sows could save the Ontario pork industry $12.9-million in losses by saving piglets from being crushed or savaged by sows.
Breed cards: Krškopolje Pig
This chapter presents the history and the current state-of-the-art in the only Slovenian autochthonous pig breed - Krškopolje pig (Krškopoljski prašič).
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.
Analysis of steroids in gilt saliva to identify biomarkers of the period of receptivity
The objective of this study was to develop alternatives to hormonal treatments to synchronize oestrus of gilts.