Genetic Base
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The Danish pig breeding programme, DanBred, is organised by the National Committee for Pig Production. At present there are 2 cooperative slaughterhouse companies in Denmark processing more than 25,7 million pigs annually of which approx. 90 per cent are exported.
The DanBred breeding programme is responsible for the genetic improvement of the pork products and is therefore considered a very important part of the whole industry.
In carrying out the successful programme, DanBred collaborates with 30
private breeders who own a total of 45 herds.
The aim of DanBred is to
improve the three breeds to obtain the best possible overall economy for the
industry.
Selection in the DanBred breeding herds is therefore based on
results for performance, fertility as well as carcass traits.
DanBred bases its genetic programme on the use of test results from more than
90,000 breeding pigs in the 45 nucleus herds and more than 5,100 AI candidate males
evaluated annually at the central testing station.
3,100 elite AI
boars located on 10 AI stations and 176 multiplier herds also participate in the Danish
Pig Breeding Programme and contribute to the rapid genetic progress and its
distribution to the commercial herds.
Nucleus
Herds
DanBred collaborates with 45 nucleus herds owning a total purebred sow population of
8,600 sows. The DanBred purebred population is free of the halothane stress
gene. The distribution of sows is shown below:
Danish
Landrace.........................3,200 sows
Danish
Yorkshire.........................3,200 sows
Danish
Duroc.............................2,200 sows
45 nucleus herds with the four breeds are approved by the National
Committee for Pig Production.
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The nucleus herds produce:
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Purebred
Males |
Purebred
Females |
Crossbred
Males |
| Great Grand Parents for
further genestic improvement |
Great Grand Parents for
further genetic improvement |
Parent Boars for A.I.
stations
Danline HD |
| Grand Parent boars for
multiplier herds |
Grand Parents for
multiplier herds |
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Parent boars for production
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Parent boars
for production herds, Danline HD and YD
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Multiplier Herds
Danbred collaborates with 176 multiplier herds all approved for
multiplication by the National Committee for Pig Production. The sow population
in the multiplier herds is 43,500 sows.
The multiplier herds produce F1
Danhybrid-LY/YL gilts from Danish Landrace and Danish Yorkshire to be used as
parent females in the production.
The structure of the DanBred breeding
programme is shown in the Diagram.
