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Capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand boar fertility

Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.

R&D: Understanding index distribution and accountability in competitive comparison

Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.

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SHIC-Funded Study Results in Disease Index on Relative Burden of Endemic US Swine Pathogens

The Swine Health Information Center funded a project to generate a data-driven swine disease index through monitoring swine pathogen activity using confirmed tissue-based diagnoses from Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.Read More

October Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report Now Available

The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) October Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available.Read More

$5,000 Scholarship Offered for Grad Students in Pork Industry

The National Pork Industry Foundation is offering the $5,000 Neil Dierks Scholarship for graduate students in pork-related studies; applications are due Dec 31, 2025.Read More

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