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George Nicolaou new director for TOPIGS Hellas

TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of George Nicolaou as Director of TOPIGS Hellas effective from 15 November 2010. He will be responsible for the business development of TOPIGS activities in Greece, Bulgaria and Macedonia.

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Pork CRC pin up girls

While pinning up posters may seem mundane, in the scientific and academic community its really all about publishing papers and pinning up posters.

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United Kingdom - British pig production still lags behind

Despite improvements in daily liveweight gain and pigs finished per sow, Britain still lags behind its European competition in the production stakes. The latest figures from the BPEX publication on international cost of production show Britain produced 1643kg pig meat per sow in 2009 – the lowest of all the EU countries.

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Relationships between backfat thickness and reproductive efficiency of sows: A two-year trial involving two commercial herds fixing backfat thickness at breeding

In this study, we established whether controlling backfat thickness at breeding over a long time period can result in optimized reproductive performance in sows.

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JSR sign contract as part of UK China Business Summit

JSR Genetics, the leading UK-based international pig genetics company, has signed a milestone contract for 1,100 animals with the Guangzhou Animal Husbandry Company in Beijing on 8th November 2010.

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Placid sow answer to European stall ban at EuroTier

By using genes from the Chinese Meishan, over the past 12 years ACMC has developed an F1 hybrid, the AC1, that has an exceptionally placid temperament and is well suited to group systems, without compromising feed conversion, growth rate or lean meat percentage.

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Effect of storage for 24 h at 18°C on sperm quality and a comparison of two assays for sperm membrane lipid peroxidation

Boars having normal (71.1 ± 1.2%; n = 10) or low (35.12 ± 3.9%; n = 10) sperm motility 24 h after collection were used, and semen was evaluated following storage in Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS) for 24 h at 18°C. Sperm lipids were extracted and lipid peroxidation quantified.

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United Kingdom signs deal to export breeding pigs to China

Business Secretary Vince Cable today signed an agreement worth many millions of pounds for the UK economy that will allow the export of British breeding pigs to China, home to half of the world’s pig population. Agreement has also been reached on health certification to allow a start to be made on the export of UK pigmeat to China.

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Effect of supplementing Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product in sow diets on reproductive performance in a commercial environment

Sow and litter performance may be improved by dietary yeast cell supplementation.

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The present and future of cryogenically preserved of swine semen

Despite its scarce use in commercial artificial insemination programs (used only in 1% of all inseminated sows) nowadays no one questions the sanitary, economic, and productive advantages of cryogenically preserved semen with respect to fresh or refrigerated semen.

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Organization of Replacements VI

Adjustment of replacement on farms working on 3-week batch system.

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JSR look to the Future

“Greater investment in the training and development of staff will help ensure a vibrant and progressive future for the pig industry, both at home and abroad.” That is the view of JSR Chairman Tim Rymer who as head of the UK’s leading pig genetics company JSR, has demonstrated the company’s commitment to such investment by appointing two new sales trainees.

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New fresh-semen artificial insemination techniques in the swine species

When fresh or refrigerated semen is used in countryside conditions, the number of spermatozoa and the volume of the dose using PCI can diminish

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Semen Cardona incorporates new center for international trade

Semen Cardona, Spain's leading production multigenetic porcine semen doses for artificial insemination, has purchased the facilities that the Copaga cooperative had in Clariana of Cardener (central of Catalonia), which until nowadays were leased to multinational Ingafood (from Netherlands), a leader industry of the national pig sector.

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Stefan Vermaak new managing director for TOPIGS South Africa

TOPIGS South Africa (TOPIGS SA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stefan Vermaak as Managing Director of TOPIGS SA effective from 1 January 2011.

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Reproductive performance of gilts according to growth rate and backfat thickness at mating

The study evaluated the influence of growth rate (GR) and backfat thickness (BF), at first mating of gilts, on the reproductive performance until the first farrowing and on the variation in birth weight of piglets.