Our progress results in direct profitability for you

Can we use the pig’s history to increase future daily gain?

30 years of experience collecting data

That gives us a unique understanding of how to select animals with the best genes. Only the highest performing boars – with optimum index – are sent to our AI stations, where they father the pigs of the future.
Our goal is a more sustainable pig production and a better bottom line for you as a pig producer.

120,000 DanBred breeding animals are performance tested

At our testing station Bøgildgård. That’s record-breaking! Because we base our breeding work on such large amounts of data, we achieve sustainable genetic progress that contributes to high productivity in pig productions worldwide – year after year.

Our Results

Table 1: Average production results for DanBred boars at the DanBred testing station Bøgildgård, 2023

Traits DanBred Duroc DanBred Landrace DanBred Yorkshire
Daily gain, g/day, 30 kg - slaughter 1,282 1,161 1,117
Feed conversion, kg feed/kg gain, 30 kg – slaughter 1.80 1.88 1.86
Lean meat percentage 63.1 65.2 63.5
Conformation, points 2.86 3.02 3.07
Killing out percentage 25.86 26.16 26.54
Scanning measurement, mm 5.9 5.5 5.6
Scanning weight, kg 102.4 106.5 104.9

Table 2: Average production results for DanBred boars in nucleus herds, 2023

Traits DanBred Duroc DanBred Landrace DanBred Yorkshire
Daily gain, g/day, 30 kg - slaughter 1,346 1,180 1,146
Daily gain, g/day, birth - 30 kg 390 366 352
Lean meat percentage 61.98 64.62 63.07
Conformation, points 2.94 2.98 3.08
Scanning measurement, mm 7.1 6.4 6.9
Scanning weight, kg 101.1 105.7 105.7

Table 3: Average production results for DanBred gilts in nucleus herds, 2023

Traits DanBred Duroc DanBred Landrace DanBred Yorkshire
Daily gain, g/day, 30 kg - slaughter 1,238 1,110 1,105
Daily gain, g/day, birth - 30 kg 392 369 356
Lean meat percentage 62.41 64.94 62.85
Conformation, points 3.03 3.15 3.16
Scanning measurement, mm 6.5 6.0 7.2
Scanning weight, kg 100.4 104.6 104.7

What is genomic selection?

Genomic selection ensures breeding values can be calculated with an even greater accuracy, which has a positive contribution on genetic gain. DanBred conducts DNA testing on all breeding animals, resulting in an increase of 30 % in genetic gain – a benefit that is available for everyone who uses DanBred genetics in their production.

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