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...
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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...
Genetic improvement for resilience to PRRS
August 14, 2019 3:59 pmDr Chunyan Zhang, Genesus Geneticist Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), is a disease affecting both reproduction and growth, and...
Genesus Technical Report – July 2019
July 10, 2019 8:36 pmOn-farm storage impacts reproductive performance Garth Brown, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc. When semen reaches...
Big Data and Machine Learning in Animal Breeding
June 15, 2019 6:10 pmDinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc Machine learning (ML) has been a buzz word for the past few years. ML is...
Genesus Technical Report – April 2019
April 26, 2019 6:22 pmGenomic tools for addressing breed purity and optimising heterosis in pig production Everestus Akanno,PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Swine genetic improvement...
Carcass primals improvement – international market demand
March 11, 2019 6:38 pmDr. Chunyan Zhang, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Canada is a major exporter of pork products, with ~70% pork being exported...
Quality Assurance of Fresh and Frozen Semen Stored on Farm
February 20, 2019 12:22 amGarth Braun, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc. In pork production systems, pounds of pork produced...