historical review of pig testing programs in Denmark

作     者：Henning STAUN 

作者机构：Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Copenhagen 

出 版 物：《华南农业大学学报》 (Journal of South China Agricultural University)

年 卷 期：2005年第26卷第S1期

页      面：32-41页

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学科分类：09[农学] 

主　　题：swine testing program history Denmark 

摘      要：The first swine testing station and program in the world was started in *** has tested breeding and genetics traits of pigs for more than 100 years and have developed an efficient structure and system to select pigs which produce quality pork for the consumer. The Danish pork is exported to many countries around the *** testing programs described in the article have proven to be very successful over the last 100 *** history of swine testing for superior pigs is not finished *** selection criteria for quality swine breeding animals will also need to be updated on a regular time table because the production systems are changing yearly and new environmental codes and animal welfare regulations are added each year so the testing programs on pig farms also need to change to meet the new production *** is not uncommon to obtain some unusual traits when selecting for extreme traits in pigs when they are on testing *** these traits are obtained, it requires additional testing to remove these *** example would be the Porcine Stress *** is another *** gene mapping research will also open up new directions for swine testing ***, as long as we produce pigs for quality pork and efficient production we will need outstanding swine testing programs.