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Capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand boar fertility

Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.

 

R&D: Understanding index distribution and accountability in competitive comparison

Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.


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Manitoba Pork Expresses Concern Over U.S. Efforts to Reestablish Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling

Manitoba Pork Expresses Concern Over U.S. Efforts to Reestablish Mandatory Country of Origin LabellingRead More

Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project Helps Prepare for, Identify and Respond to Emerging Disease Threats

Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project Helps Prepare for, Identify and Respond to Emerging Disease ThreatsRead More

Can What We Feed Farm Animals Directly Benefit Our Own Health?

Several chronic diseases—obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers—have been linked to lifestyles and diets high in calories, based on processed foods and lacking diversity and nutritional value.Read More

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