METHODS FOR USE OF SEX SORTED SEMEN TO IMPROVE GENETIC MANAGEMENT IN SWINE

• Main Authors: BEVIER Gregg, VAN DER STEEN Hein
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 15.09.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING; VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS

The invention relates to methods of increasing genetic merit of swine using sex sorted semen by establishing a plurality of mating subtypes for a line of swine, and determining a percentage of progeny that are male for each of the mating subtypes, or a percentage of progeny that are female for each of the mating subtypes, that would result, relative to a control, in an increase in genetic merit in the line. La invención se refiere a métodos para aumentar el mérito genético en porcinos utilizando semen sexado al establecer una pluralidad de subtipos de apareamiento para una línea porcina y determinar un porcentaje de progenie que son machos para cada uno de los subtipos de apareamiento, o un porcentaje de progenie que son hembras para cada uno de los subtipos de apareamiento, que resultaría, con respecto al control, en un aumento del mérito genético en la línea.