Feed Efficiency Improvement Strategies
February 4, 2022 8:29 pmby Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. In commercial pig production, feed is the largest production cost component accounting for...
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Determining the Economics of a Nutrition Program
January 14, 2022 12:15 amby Clarence Froese, M.Sc., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc. Feed is the largest single variable cost in pig production. Setting...
Genesus – A Real Point of Difference
December 3, 2021 4:49 pmby Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe., Genesus Following the crowd is easy, going against the crowd requires...
Host Genetics of the Enteric Microbiome and Disease Resilience
November 23, 2021 6:01 amby Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Profitability is driven by many different components of swine production. It has been...
Should we manage cost of production or profit?
September 7, 2021 2:13 pmSimon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. Selection indexes in the Genesus Genetic Program are a measure...
AMINO ACID REQUIREMENTS OF GENESUS FINISHING PIGS_Part 2: Setting Dietary Digestible Lysine Levels
August 16, 2021 6:14 amby: Clarence Froese, M.Sc., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc. Individual nutrient requirements are generally derived and expressed in terms of...
Indicator traits and their application to selection for disease resilience
June 18, 2021 10:00 amChad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Disease challenges in swine production continue to reduce output and temper profitability potential (VanderWaal...
Pork Quality Genetic Improvement Strategies
May 27, 2021 9:21 pmDr Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. For a pig breeding company, the ultimate goal is to provide pigs with the...
Preweaning Piglet Mortality_Part 3
April 8, 2021 10:08 pmDinesh Thekkoot PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. In the first part of this series, we discussed the economic impacts of preweaning...
Amino Acid Requirements of Genesus Finishing Pigs Part 1: Digestible Lysine
March 17, 2021 3:28 amClarence Froese, M.Sc., P.Ag., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc. Proteins consist of a number of structural components including amino acids....