BREEDING FOR SOCIAL PIGS: A NEW ASPECT OF GENETIC PROGRESS
Why social pigs are a gain for DanBred customers Great news. The results from this unique study pave the way for new opportunities for setting even more balanced breeding goals that can improve productivity and welfare simultaneously. In the future, this means the inclusion of a new social trait in the DanBred breeding goal, which […]
DanBred launches new manual for handling on-farm boars
Building on the success of the Sow & Gilt Manual launched in the autumn of 2018, DanBred now releases a new comprehensive boar handling manual. This is part of DanBred’s increasing commitment to knowledge sharing and working together with leading pig producers for profitable growth. Trine Lund Pedersen, Head of Technical Services at DanBred, says: […]
DanBred boosts genetic gain in feed conversion by an additional 10 %
DanBred recently increased its performance testing capacity by 25 % on boar testing station Bøgildgård, which means that more than 7,500 boars are now being tested for individual feed efficiency annually. This higher capacity leads to an increase in genetic gain in feed conversion ratio (FCR) by an additional 10 %. Feed efficiency is the […]
DanBred is at VIV ASIA 2019
The DanBred team is ready for the upcoming exhibition VIV ASIA 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, 13-15 March. We’ll be at booth no. H100.3106 from start to finish. Visit us at stand H100.3106 The DanBred team consists of both international and local advisors with market knowledge and technical expertise relevant to Asia. We are available throughout […]
Breeding goals have a positive impact on your profit
Updating DanBred’s breeding goals ensures greater overall genetic gain in the future via greater focus on finishers’ traits. With the new trait ’Maternal early gain’, the breeding goals of DanBred Landrace and DanBred Yorkshire now include a maternal trait with impact on the growth of piglets. PRESS RELEASE IN GERMAN. DanBred’s breeding goals are updated […]
Better breeding decisions using a ’crystal ball’
Ask ADAM! That’s what SEGES Pig Research Centre does before it makes changes to the DanBred breeding scheme for pigs. ADAM is a computer program – developed by Aarhus University and SEGES Pig Research Centre – that simulates animal-breeding schemes. How much extra genetic gain can we realise over the next five, ten, or even […]
