Is Running A Nucleus Farm Easy?
June 14, 2020 8:15 pmBy: Mark Jacques, Genetic Manager, Genesus Inc. Running a nucleus farm cannot be that difficult, can it? This seems to...
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Dietary Energy Considerations For Genesus Full Program Pigs_Part 1: Daily Feed Intake Potential
May 24, 2020 1:45 pmBy: Clarence Froese, MSc., P.Ag., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc. Energy is the most expensive component of a pig’s diets,...
Maternal effects in swine breeding. How much are we exploiting?
May 8, 2020 7:19 pmEverestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc Maternal effects can be defined as all conditions that relate to how a dam’s...
Factors Affecting Preweaning Piglet Mortality – Part 1 –
April 24, 2020 3:50 pmby Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc. Pigs are polytochous animals, which means they produce multiple piglets in one farrowing. This...
Do we manage the Pigs or the Farm?
March 16, 2020 9:18 pmSimon Grey, General, Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Geneus Inc This may seem a really stupid question. Of course in...
Foster Sows – Economic or Not?
February 26, 2020 11:29 pmSimon Grey, General, Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. February, 25th 2020 For many, leaving 10% to 20% farrowing...
Genetic effort to improve pork sensory traits
January 22, 2020 6:24 pmDr. Chunyan Zhang, Genesus Geneticist Pork quality is an important factor influencing consumers purchasing decisions. Consumers` willingness to pay more...
Boar Management Impacts Fertility
December 20, 2019 4:21 pmGarth Braun, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc. One must consider the boar as a...
Selection for Sow Longevity in Commercial Pig Farming
November 22, 2019 8:31 pmDr. Dinesh Thekkoot, Genesus Inc. Sow longevity is a key economic component in commercial pig farming, as it is directly...
Why adjust end of test pig performance data?
September 23, 2019 7:04 pmEverestus Akanno, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Selection of parents of the next generation of pigs in nucleus breeding programs requires...