Selecting pigs to better meet Asian conditions

Western pig breeds may not always come fully prepared for the Asian reality – full of (different) pathogens and different market needs. A Thai breeding network aims to select genetic lines – resistant to disease and yielding higher lean meat percentages. In conventional breeding systems, a nucleus herd is free from diseases. Genetics from a high health breeding nucleus will subsequently be distributed to a production herd. Breeders lower in the breeding pyramid of course always try