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Capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand boar fertility

Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.

 

R&D: Understanding index distribution and accountability in competitive comparison

Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.

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U.S. plans National Swine Health Strategy

The National Pork Board (NPB) and key industry partners such as the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) are working to develop a comprehensive National Swine Health Strategy. This producer-driven effort is designed to protect and improve the health of the U.S. swine herd.Read More

Improving pig survivability: a U.S. industry priority

The U.S. swine industry continues to face alarmingly high mortality rates across all production phases. From the 2014 PEDv outbreak to the rise in uterine prolapses among sows in 2016–2017Read More

Pig farms report parvovirus type resembling a variant found in fox faeces

Pigs in about 50 farms in the Netherlands have tested positive for a variant of parvovirus that was not found in pigs before. That has been confirmed on about 50 pig farms. That news was made public by the Netherlands animal health service Royal GD.Read More
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