Genesus Global Technical Report, Genetic improvement for resilience to PRRS
Dr Chunyan Zhang, Genesus Geneticist
czhang@genesus.com
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), is a disease affecting both reproduction and growth, and is a very costly viral...
Effect of resistant and digestible starch on intestinal absorption of calcium, iron, and zinc...
Abstract
The first nonmilk foods that are given to infants contain high levels of starch, a fraction of which is resistant to enzyme hydrolysis. Incomplete...
Genesus Global Technical Report, On-farm storage impacts reproductive performance
Garth Brown, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc.
When semen reaches its destination, the farm accepts responsibility for maintaining the potential...
Edema Disease- Hipra Animal Health
Escherichia coli belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family of facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacteria. Within this species there are E.coli strains that belong to the individual’s commensal...
Genesus Global Technical Report, Big Data and Machine Learning in Animal Breeding
Big Data and Machine Learning
in Animal Breeding
Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc
Machine learning (ML) has been a buzz word for the past few years. ML...
Preventing and Treating Disease through Improved Intestinal Function
Weaning is a stressful event in the life of a pig, with a combination of environmental, social and nutritional adjustments for the piglet to...
Genomic tools for addressing breed purity and optimising heterosis in pig production
Everestus Akanno, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Swine genetic improvement programs are concentrated in nucleus herds that keep single or multiple breeds or composites with the...
Weaning Sows Directly in Group Housing
Social stress from mixing sows has the potential to negatively affect sow production and welfare. Housing sows in stalls from weaning until five weeks after breeding...
Feeding Management – $how Me the Money
In order to be competitive in the pork industry, producers need to have a firm grasp of their cost of production. Since feed costs...
The Interaction Between Pig Density and Dietary Energy on Performance
Dietary net energy and stocking density independently affect performance, feed utilization and profits in the finisher barn. The objective of this experiment was to assess the...