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Producer Feedback: A Matter of Opinions
As sensitive topics go, animal health is up there with politics and the latest flood. Yet when pork producers do discuss their feeling around animal health, the results are revealing. As researchers on...
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Science and Industry: Working Together Sets Them Apart
As anyone who has endured online dating will attest, finding your perfect match is a tough hill to climb. Yet as researchers and industry partners have proven, the right collaboration can move...
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Gene Expression Predicts Healthy, Hardy Pigs
Encouraging kids to express themselves seems like a good idea…until they actually do it. Gene expression, on the other hand, is all upside without the downside, and is key to success in applying...
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Vaccine Study Takes Its Best Shot
While current events have shone the spotlight on vaccines, pork producers have long known their value when it comes to reducing treatment expense and lost productivity. As scientists work to increase...
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Genomic Prediction Offers Glimpse of Tomorrow…Today
Seeing the future can have its pros and cons. For researchers on the Genome Alberta project to promote adoption of genomic prediction tools in beef cattle, however, catching a glimpse of the future...
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Genome Alberta and Partners Continue to Advance Canada’s Pork Industry
Collaboration key to success November 12, 2020 Calgary, Alberta - University of Alberta professor of Animal Biotechnology Michael Dyck has received new funding through Genome Canada’s Genomics...
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Healthy Interest in Disease Resilience Project
Generally speaking, research project extensions are rarer than pigs that skip a meal. Given that reality, it should speak volumes for the Genome Alberta-led project on improving disease resilience in...
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Genome Research Plays “Connect the Dots”
If you thought “connecting the dots” could be challenging as a child, try matching over half a million genetic markers with traits of interest to the pork industry. That is the task facing researchers...
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Industry Hyper for Hypothyroid Research
If there is a pig equivalent to COVID-19, it might be Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). Occurring worldwide and affecting pigs of all ages, PRRS has a major impact on the pork...
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Science Seeks the Prrrfect Approach to PRRS
If you thought morning sickness was an ordeal, try dealing with PRRS infection during pregnancy. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is one of the most important diseases of pig...
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