A healthy start results in high survival rates and better feed efficiency
On a farm in Denmark, Henrik Nielsen buys marzipan pigs from Mette Hjort. The pigs are among the top 25% on several parameters compared to the Danish national average. This is mainly due to the pigs getting a good start in life as well as excellent management. Henrik Nielsen is a pig producer at […]
Code-EFABAR: A commitment to balanced breeding
Breeding plays an important role in pig production, both today and in the future. Therefore, DanBred is once again committed to responsible and balanced breeding with the Code-EFABAR certificate – to support a sustainable future for pig production. This year, we received our seventh version of the Code-EFABAR certificate. The certificate was first awarded […]
Breeding is part of the solution to many of the challenges facing pig production
Breeding must be part of the solution to the major challenges facing pig production: community concerns for the environment, climate, and animal welfare. Breeding can ease these concerns by providing pigs with genetics that are suited to the production systems of the future. This was the message of Mark Henryon’s (Senior Scientist in DanBred’s […]
Balanced breeding for the future
There are many wishes and requirements for livestock production today, including pig production. Sustainability, efficiency, health and welfare for the pigs must all come together. Here, breeding goals play an important role in improving the pigs’ genetics to suit the future pig production. There are high demands for pig production, which is expected to […]
The impact of balanced breeding on piglet vitality
Genetics is clearly part of the solution. Recent research shows that balanced pig breeding programmes have successfully increased litter size while simultaneously increasing piglet survival. A recent research article, published in Frontiers, “Genetic and phenotypic time trends of litter size, piglet mortality, and birth weight in pigs”, proves that balanced breeding policies lead to […]
Pig producer increases piglet survival by 2.5 percentage points
After a change in our breeding goal last summer, where two new traits for piglet survival were included, the results have already manifested in the production herds. Jesper Tambour, a pig producer from Denmark, is delighted to produce even more vital piglets, as this results in easier care and increased survival. There is […]
