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...
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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....
Disease Resilience – Focused on Improving Pig Health
March 5, 2021 3:30 pmChad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. What is disease resilience and why is it important? Disease challenges in swine put...
Metafounders: The Future of Swine Genetic Evaluation
February 4, 2021 6:28 pmEverestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc. The breeding objective of nucleus swine breeding programs is to improve performance of commercial...
Impact of freeze-thaw process on meat quality genetic improvement
November 8, 2020 2:26 amby: Dr Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Meat is a major source of proteins that are necessary for human health....
Genomic selection for disease resilience using measures of antibody (Ab) response
October 19, 2020 10:39 amby: Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Disease is a major contributor to increased costs in the swine industry. For...
Data Integrity and Genetic Evaluation Systems
October 14, 2020 4:15 amBy: Everestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc. The success of pig genetic improvement programs depends heavily on the continued generation,...
Factors Affecting Pre-weaning Piglet Mortality Part 2
September 15, 2020 3:54 amBy: Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc. The first part of this series can be read here Factors Affecting Preweaning Piglet...
Dietary Energy Considerations For Genesus Full Program Pigs Part 2: Setting Dietary Energy Level
September 1, 2020 4:07 amBy: Clarence Froese, MSc., P.Ag., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc. In part 1 of this topic, the levels of daily...
Improving selection for efficient lean gain
July 20, 2020 11:58 amBy: Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. In the pig industry, efficient lean gain is closely associated with profitability of...