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2005 Swine Research Review - Genetics/Reproduction  

Dec 29, 2005

Reviewed are genetic pathways to reduce phosphorus excretion, timing for artificial insemination and genetic resistance patterns to the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus....

Optimizing Reproductive Efficiency 

Apr 15, 2005 - by M. Todd See North Carolina State University

Maximizing throughput or production of a pork enterprise begins with the breeding herd. In order to achieve a consistent flow of pigs, and the minimum...

Reproductive Trait Selection Guidelines 

Mar 15, 2005 - by Ken Stalder and Tom Baas, Extension swine specialists, Iowa State University

The attached poster, the third and last in the series, will help pork producers effectively screen replacement gilt candidates for quality of reproductive...

Genetic, Financial Implications Of Raising Your Own Gilts 

Jan 15, 2005 - By Ken Stalder, Iowa State University Extension swine specialist; and John Mabry, director of the Io

For herd health reasons, and to a lesser degree costs, many commercial pork producers are implementing internal gilt multiplication systems. Many swine...

New Genetics Drive Gilt Replacement Program 

Jan 15, 2005 - by Dale Miller, Editor

High sow mortality and culling rates drove Illinois pork producers Jim and Steve Moest to the brink about a year ago. The Moest brothers had pleaded with...

2004 Swine Research Review 

Dec 15, 2004

Livestock Gene Libraries Offer Help for Reproductive Efficiency 

Nov 3, 2004

Two new livestock gene libraries developed by University of Missouri (MU) researchers may help scientists around the world identify critical genes in cattle and swine....

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