Robust pigs

Date: 05 June ‘05; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Lundeheim and Knap (D)

Theatre

• Biological robustness of pigs (Napel, J. ten)

• Traits associated with sow stayability (Knauer, M., T. Serenius, K.J. Stalder, T.J. Baas, J.W. Mabry and R.N. Goodwin)

• Analysis of true sow longevity (Stalder, K.J., T. Serenius, T.J. Baas, J.W. Mabry and R.N. Goodwin)

• Estimates of additive and dominance genetic effects for sow longevity (Serenius, T. and K.J. Stalder)

• Breeding against osteochondrosis in swine: the Swedish experience (Lundeheim, N.)

• Removal of Swedish sows (Engblom, L., N. Lundeheim, A.-M. Dalin and K. Andersson)

• Environmental sensitivity and robustness (Strandberg, E.)

• Developing the breeding goal for Norwegian Landrace: aiming at a robust and superior sow (Holm, B., E. Gjerlaug-Enger and D. Olsen)

• Investigations on the impact of genetic resistance to oedema disease on performance traits and its relation to stress susceptibility in pigs of different breeds (Binder, S., K.U. Götz, G. Thaller and R. Fries)

• Enzymes, proteins, Escherichia coli and Ryanodin receptor gene polymorphisms and their association with osteochondrosis in pigs (Kadarmideen, H.N. and P. Voegeli)

Poster

• Parity and production in sows (Neil, M.)