Genesus Global Technical Report: Disease Resilience Focused on Improving Pig Health
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
What is disease resilience and why is it important?
Disease challenges in swine put downward pressure on the economics...
Reduction Of Edema Disease Mortality With Vepured® Vaccination
DeGroot, M.*; Cardinal, F2.; Galé, I3.; Rodríguez-Ballarà, I3.; Nodar, L3. 1HIPRA HIPRA ANIMAL HEALTH CANADA INC., (Otawa), Canada. mike.degroot@hipra.com 2 Triple V. (Acton Vale)...
Genesus Global Technical Report: Metafounders: The Future of Swine Genetic Evaluation
Everestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
The breeding objective of nucleus swine breeding programs is to improve performance of commercial crossbred pigs. However, what appear...
ASSESSING PREVALENCE OF CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI ON CANADIAN SOW FARMS
DeGroot*1, M.; Boix2, O.; Ballarà2, I.
1 HIPRA ANIMAL HEALTH Canada Inc. / 2 HIPRA, Amer (Girona), Spain.
*Corresponding author: mike.degroot@hipra.com
INTRODUCTION
Sow mortality is a growing concern...
Reducing Post-Weaning Diarrhea: Digesting the Results
Previously, low levels of antibiotics were supplied in feed so that post-weaning diarrhea was reduced. Feed additives may be able to help replace antibiotics...
Genomic selection for disease resilience using measures of antibody (Ab) response
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Disease is a major contributor to increased costs in the swine industry. For example, the cost estimated from the...
Genesus Global Technical Report- Data Integrity and Genetic Evaluation Systems
By: Everestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
The success of pig genetic improvement programs depends heavily on the continued generation, collection, and analysis of industry-wide...
Nitrogen in manure and its forms
Nitrogen, essential element
Nitrogen, which is abundant in nature in its gaseous form N2, makes up about 78% of the atmosphere. It is an essential...
Genesus Global Technical Report ,Factors Affecting Pre-weaning Piglet Mortality Part 2
By: Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc.
Factors Affecting Preweaning Piglet Mortality
Part 1
Generally, it’s difficult to attribute a single cause to preweaning mortality (PWM). Various predisposing...
Genesus Global Technical Report, Dietary Energy Considerations For Genesus Full Program Pigs Part 2:...
By: Clarence Froese, MSc., P.Ag., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc.
In part 1 of this topic, the levels of daily feed intakes typically achieved by...