Pig breeding is part of the solution to challenges

02-02-2024 | |
Pig breeding
New breeding goals will almost certainly reflect current breeding goals, such as e.g. growth rate, feed efficiency and survival. Photo: DanBred
Pig breeding must be part of the solution to a major challenge facing animal production: community concerns about the environment, climate and animal welfare. Breeding can ease these concerns by providing animals with genetics that suit the production systems of the future. There is little doubt that animal production has a future. Animals provide humans with high-quality protein, essential nutrients, and non-synthetic products. They also convert biomass that is unsuitable for human consumpti


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