Farmscape for October 30, 2019
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Those who move young pigs are expected to reap the benefits of research being conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc. As part of a Swine Innovation Porc program scientists are...
Breed-specific weight adjustments
for growth, backfat and loin muscle depth
Everestus Akanno, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Selection of parents of the next generation of pigs in nucleus breeding programs requires accurate estimation of breeding values for several traits. Among the traits...
Pigs are intelligent and curious from birth, and the lactation and nursery periods are critical for their mental and physical development. Despite this, research on suitable enrichments for piglets is lacking. Research that has been done found that piglets given enrichment...
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 disease for pig farms around the world. Vaccination for protection against PRRS virus (PRRSV) infection...
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 digestion of starch may interfere with the absorption of certain minerals. A fraction of dietary...
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 for consistent reproductive performance of semen doses. Upon arrival, semen doses should be immediately placed...
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 bacteria and other pathogenic strains that may potentially cause gastrointestinal diseases.
The pathogenic capacity of this...
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 is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to the study of algorithms to predict...
In order to be competitive in the pork industry, producers need to have a firm grasp of their cost of production. Since feed costs represent a large proportion of the total cost of production, they offer producers the greatest...