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R&D Solutions for Sire Line
In the "pyramid" breeding system, the sire line has a much greater influence on the performance of the herd than the dam line. Thus, sire line health and breeding are seemed to be more important. As a custom service provider with extensive experience in sire line-related research, BioVenic provides technical support for animal breeding as well as veterinary medicine and feed development services for animal researchers worldwide.
Background of Sire Line
In the "pyramid" breeding system, the sire line has a great influence on the production performance of the herd and occupies a unique and important position in each functional group, which can directly cover from the top of the "pyramid" to the breeding and production herds to realize the rapid transmission of excellent genes. At present, there are two main types of comprehensive indices for sire line selection, one is the sire index aiming at producing terminal sire line, which emphasizes growth rate and meat production efficiency; the other is the sire index aiming at producing female sire line, which emphasizes reproductive performance but also considers growth rate and meat production efficiency. In addition, in the selection process of breeding swine, the sire line selection needs to pay more attention to pedigree in addition to performing the same steps as the dam line, i.e., performance first, size second.
The promise of modern molecular genetics and genetic engineering offers many promising opportunities for animal breeding. First, these tools can be used in functional genomics to elucidate gene function and to identify causal variants of single-gene traits. Second, they can directly mark and select genes for superior traits at the molecular level, which greatly improves the efficiency as well as the accuracy of animal breeding.
Our Services
As a provider of customized services to companies and academics engaged in animal research worldwide, BioVenic has the experience and advanced equipment, and we have the information to provide expert advice and assistance for your animal breeding and genetic research projects. We have a proven and powerful technology platform to provide you with molecular genetic breeding services to accelerate the sire line breeding process, and we guarantee the most effective support at every stage of all your animal research projects. BioVenic offers not only services related to animal breeding, but also technical support on animal health and veterinary medicine, as well as animal feed and nutrition.
- Improve Reproduction Traits
Boar reproductive ability such as sperm quality and production of boars play a determining role in pork meat production industry. BioVenic is dedicated to provide customized services and R&D products to meet requirements in projects improving boar reproduction traits.
- Improve Growth Traits
Sire lines are bred for the improvement of traits such as growth, meat quality, and feed efficiency. BioVenic helps to select boar for improving growth traits for the next generation fattening pigs. In addition, we assisst researchers to improve boar nutrition and health while mating.
Why Choose Us?
- Our comprehensive and proven molecular genetic breeding technology platform allows us to tailor solutions to our clients' specific breeding objectives, improving breeding efficiency while ensuring animal welfare and environmental sustainability.
- Our talented scientists have expertise in molecular genetic breeding and can provide our clients with a one-stop shop for animal breeding, as well as a full range of technical support in animal nutrition and health.
- Based on our strong platform resources in animal research, BioVenic provides customized services to animal researchers around the world to help our clients achieve their breeding goals, enhance animal health, and improve economic efficiency.
Fig. 1 Schematic representation of the concept of in vitro breeding using gametes from an elite dam line and sire line. (Bishop TF., 2020)
Want to Learn More?
With years of experience in animal research, BioVenic specializes in providing a full range of customized services to animal researchers worldwide, including the use of molecular genetic breeding techniques to accelerate the animal breeding process, veterinary medicine and veterinary medicinefeed development services. We have experienced scientists who can design professional and efficient solutions for your research to meet your every detailed requirement. If you are interested in our services, please contact us for more information and a detailed quote.
Reference
- Bishop TF.; Van Eenennaam AL. Genome editing approaches to augment livestock breeding programs. J Exp Biol. 2020, 7:223.