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Mixing sows into groups only days after AI

Within less than two years, all breeding farms in the European Union have to keep their gestating sows in group housing as from a month after insemination. Some producers, experiment further. Smeenk Farms in Haarle, the Netherlands, keeps sows in crates for only a couple of days – and with success.
      Much has been written and said about it – as from 1 January 2013, all sow breeding farms in the... read more »

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Application of advanced AI technologies to improve the competitiveness of the pork industry

George R. Foxcroft Jenny Patterson; Audrey Cameron; Michael K. Dyck : Swine Reproduction-Development Program, Swine Research & Technology Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada read more >

Pig embryo transfer: A glimpse into the future

Embryo transfer is a collective term for a technology used for replacing embryos from the uterus of one female organism into another. A technique used predominantly in cattle, but also very well applicable to swine – in the future perhaps even more so. read more >

Better boar training

There are various reasons why the training of boars for semen collection can fail. The animal can be under age, there can be lack of perseverance, the animal can be suffering from traumatic experiences or perhaps incorrect techniques have been used. Here’s a step-by-step approach to obtain the best results in the boar stud. read more >

British genes making their way to Thailand

As Thailand is making very rapid progress in developing to a well organised pig industry, the demand for proper breeding stock increases too. For that reason, high quality British genes are being transported to Thailand. read more >

FDA finds meat from animal clones is safe

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft documents on animal cloning, saying that meat from clones is as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals. read more >
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