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JSR open 900 sow joint venture in China

A lavish ceremony, attended by over 150 dignitaries, celebrated the opening of The Hubei Liangyou JSR Breeding Limited, a new Chinese joint venture between JSR Genetics and state-owned Hubei Liangyou Livestock & Poultry Company on the 18th of October, 2011.

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Researchers identify genetic traits in pigs to help deliver tastiest meat

Irish researchers have identified genetic traits in pigs that can be used to ensure the tastiest, healthiest pigmeat is delivered to consumers.

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Canadian institutions partner to invest $20m in livestock genomics research

Genome Alberta announced today that it is leading a group of funding partners on two large-scale genomics projects which will help improve Canada’s livestock sector. These projects build on Genome Alberta’s Applied Livestock Genomics Program which was launched in Dec 2010.

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Farrowing Monitoring (II)

A good result in stillbirths is difficult to achieve without inducing farrowings.

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Clinical case: Altrenogest for the prevention of premature farrowings

The farm, with an elevated number of animals, had been experiencing for several days an increased number of births in gestation on the weekend before moving the sows to the farrowing pens. Mortality in these births was 100%.

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Use of betaine in gilts and sows during lactation: effects on milk quality, reproductive parameters, and piglet performance

Treatment with betaine improve reproductive performance of gilts and sows, and increase body weight gain of the piglets.

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TOPIGS genetics to Vietnam

De Heus Vietnam will distribute these genetics on the Vietnamese market.

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Monitoring farrowing (I)

In this chapter we will present the farrowing stages and how to control it.

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Stimulation during insemination: The Danish perspective

In Denmark the most common practice is to always stimulate with the boar together with a complete 5 point pattern of stimulation carried out by the inseminator.

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Incidence and prevention of early parturition in sows

The administration of altrenogest in late gestation is an effective and safe method to prevent early parturition and can counteract the reproductive losses because of premature farrowing, which may occur in a substantial part of the farrowing events.

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Top Chinese talent joins JSR

One of China’s brightest young graduates has joined a leading UK pig genetics company and will play a key role in their plans for sales growth in China and Asia.

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Vulvar skin temperature changes significantly during estrus in swine as determined by digital infrared thermography

This study demonstrated that VST of sows and gilts, measured by IRT, changes significantly during estrus. The potential to use digital infrared thermography as an adjunct tool during estrus detection in swine appears to be promising.

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Thompson's tip: Combating seasonal infertility

Many farms will experience reduced fertility over the next few months due to summer and autumn infertility, warns Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd.

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Foundations for optimizing lactation

The milk production of sows is one of the parameters that has evolved the most over the last several decades.

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Farrowing induction IV: Guidelines

In this chapter we will take a look at some other aspects of farrowing induction...

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Genetic defects of the skin

The most relevant genetic defects of the skin are epitheliogenesis imperfecta, pitryisis rosea and malignant melanoma. Recent data suggest an increase of the melanoma incidence in Duroc bred, incidences of 2.60% and 0.62% have been found in two Duroc nucleus herds.