DanBred practices balanced breeding with documented results
DanBred regularly publishes news about our breeding goal for DanBred Duroc, DanBred Landrace and DanBred Yorkshire, and we openly share the documented record-breaking results for genetic progress that we achieve each year. In addition, we also publish news about exiting ongoing projects from our R&D department. These projects have many different focus points that may […]
Documenting the DanBred crossbred finishers: Genetic potential and productivity
The high genetic gain for growth, lean meat percentage and feed conversion in DanBred Duroc is efficiently transferred to their crossbred offspring and contributes to the high profitability of DanBred crossbred finishers. Heterosis further increases the performance of DanBred crossbred finishers to levels that exceed expectations. The production performance of 2,552 DanBred crossbred finishers […]
DanBred selects sows with the greatest litter weight gain
DanBred is launching a new project to find the sows with the greatest genetic potential for high litter weight gain, which may, in the long run, become a trait that DanBred can select for and incorporate as a part of our balanced breeding goal for DanBred Landrace and DanBred Yorkshire. Addressing all important factors in […]
Sophisticated data-based model protects the breeding programme from chromosomal defects
During the formation of egg and sperm cells, or the separation of chromosomes immediately after conception, errors might occur This applies to humans as well as pigs. Such errors might influence fertility. Thus, the Danish Pig Research Centre (DPRC) has developed and implemented a sophisticated data-based model in the DanBred Breeding Programme to minimise the […]
Danish Feeding Strategy Works for all Genotypes
Did you know that by following a Danish feeding strategy, both the litter size and the number of born alive piglets can be significantly increased without additional feed costs regardless of genotype? In late 2019 a study conducted by Zhou et al. confirmed that the Danish feeding system could significantly increase the litter size and […]
Feeding gilts during the rearing period
By Thomas Sønderby Bruun Senior Specialist, SEGES Danish Pig Research Centre Abstract Feeding the rearing gilt is the key to longevity and prolificacy. DanBred Hybrid gilts should have at least 12 mm of backfat and a weight of 140–155 kg at first service. Feeding the rearing gilts according to the recommended feeding curve and […]
