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October 2012
The next Pig Genetics Workshop will be held in Armidale on 24 and 25 October.

February 2012
Susanne Hermesch and Rob Jones held a webinar on 15 February on the topic "Genetic analyses of haemoglobin levels in pigs and iron content in pork".

June 2011
Craig Lewis held a webinar on 1 June on the topic "Towards more uniform pig performance".

October 2010
AGBU held its biennial Pig Genetics Workshop.

September 2009
A pig seminar was held at the Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide on Wednesday 30 September.

March 2009
PIGBLLUP Version 6.0 released

Pig Genetics Presentations

A webinar was conducted by Susanne Hermesch and Rob Jones on 15 February 2012 on the topic "Genetic analyses of haemoglobin levels in pigs and iron content in pork".


Previous Presentations

"Towards more uniform pig performance".

    by Craig Lewis

"Challenges in pig breeding in the next decade"

    by Susanne Hermesch (at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Aas, Norway)

"Selection for residual feed intake in the growing pig - Responses for carcase composition and meat quality traits"

    by Helene Gilbert (Visiting Scientist from INRA France 17 March 2010)

"Comparing selection strategies of AI boars – BLUP selection is superior"

    by Rob Jones and Susanne Hermesch

"Exploring variation in saleable meat yield"

    by Susanne Hermesch (AGBU) and Isabelle Mérour (IFIP)

"The importance of recording feed intake in lactating sows"

    by Susanne Hermesch, Rob Jones and Kim Bunter, AGBU

"Physiological consequences of selection for increased performance in pigs"

    by Dr Wendy Rauw, Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.