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How do we genetically select for litter weight gain?In 2025, litter weight gain was introduced as a new breeding objective in the DanBred Landrace and DanBred Yorkshire genetic lines.
This new genetic trait is aimed at improving the sowsโ nursing ability and ensuring stronger, more robust piglets at weaning.
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Curious about how Denmark has ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ PRRS in its pig production?Donโt miss this article by N. Weber, ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, and find out the results of a three-year health strategy.
From 32% to 68% of PRRS negative farms after 3 years of the Danish national PRRS reduction strategyThe first three years of the Danish PRRS reduction strategy have shown that it is possible to control and reduce the prevalence of PRRS in Danish pig production.
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Sustainable pig production through breeding 
Join us for this online session, where we will explore how advanced breeding strategies can ensure sustainable pig production in a modern society.
DanBred's Senior Scientist, Mark Henryon, will explain how and why DanBred is able to generate genetic progress with care for a sustainable future through:
Date and Time
24th of April 2025
12:30 - 14:00 CEST
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Sustainable pig production through breeding Join us for this online session, where we will explore how advanced breeding strategies can ensure sustainable pig production in a modern society.
DanBred's Senior Scientist, Mark Henryon, will explain how and why DanBred is able to generate genetic progress with care for a sustainable future through:
Date and Time24th of April 2025
12:30 - 14:00 CEST
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Expect larger, healthier litters and stronger weaners. Faster growing finisher pigs with lower feed conversion ratio. And a higher lean meat percentage. Choose the best performing terminal sire on the market to boost your business and stay competitive. Check details hereDanBred Duroc - Products - DanBred - pig333, pig to pork communityExpect larger, healthier litters and stronger weaners. Faster growing finisher pigs with lower feed conversion ratio. And a higher lean meat percentage. Choose the best performing 
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Year after year, the results prove that DanBred pigs are superior
In 2023, pigs with DanBred genetics have once again raised the standards for productivity โ with a breeding progress that contributes to both animal welfare and your bottom line.
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DanBred Landrace has a high fertility and good mothering abilities, and it is known to produce large litters of robust pigs. Moreover, DanBred Landrace is a strong animal with solid legs and a high lean meat percentage. Check details hereDanBred Landrace - Products - DanBred - pig333, pig to pork communityDanBred Landrace has a high fertility and good mothering abilities, and it is known to produce large litters of robust pigs. Moreover, DanBred Landrace is a strong animal with soli
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DanBred Yorkshire is the result of decades of professional selection, where breeders, since the early 1970s, have focused on daily gain, feed conversion, longevity, fertility and meat quality. Check details hereYorkshire DanBred - Products - DanBred - pig333, pig to pork communityDanBred Yorkshire is characterised by its good mothering abilities and produces large litters of uniform and vigorous piglets. In addition to that, DanBred Yorkshire has a high dai
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The DanBred sows have excellent mothering abilities and can take care of many piglets. Therefore, it is not hard to manage DanBred animals, it is simply about allocating the right number of employees in the different units โ and the results are worth it. Even in a high labour costs country, such as Denmark, your return is EUR 5,524 per sow per year with DanBred animals in your herd โ based on Danish labour costs.
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โWhen we improve the pigletโs own ability to survive, we see a rapid effect in production due to the improvements in DanBred Duroc. This means that pig producers who mate their sows with Duroc can see the results in the form of more vigorous piglets already now,โ explains Anders Vernersen, Head of Department in Breeding & Genetics, Danish Agriculture & Food Council.
Piglet survival increases with DanBred geneticsIn the summer of 2022, we implemented two new piglet survival traits in the breeding goal. Results from DanBred breeding and multiplication herds already show an increasing surviva
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