Wilson's Prairie View Farms, Inc. Hog Genetics, Research & Biosecurity

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Genetics at Wilson’s Prairie View Farms, Inc.

Summary

Wilson‘s Prairie View Farms continues to make strong genetic progress in all of their heritage purebred genetic lines. While maintaining the high-health tradition, the farm continues to increase maternal performance and produce an end product with extremely strong meat quality. All genetic lines are stable and diverse enough to continue forward with limited semen introductions to minimize inbreeding.


Prepared by

Darin R Kuhlow

Genetics Consultant

Cerdos, LLC

darin@cerdosllc.com

608-436-0217

- Maternal Yorkshire

o  22% of total herd

o  Avg. Inbreeding 9.89%

o  Selection Pressure on Total Born, Number weaned, Weaning weight, PSY

o  Limited outside semen introduced to alleviate inbreeding

o  Outside semen sourced from Commercial Concepts with selection pressure for high health, litter size, number weaned, PSY

o  Outside semen sourced from Kuhlow Girls Inc., heritage Yorkshire line with selection pressure for high health, litter size, feet and leg structure

- Maternal Landrace

o  23% of total herd

o  Avg. Inbreeding 9.39%

o  Selection Pressure on Total Born, Number weaned, Weaning weight, PSY

o  Limited outside semen introduced to alleviate inbreeding

o  Outside semen sourced from Commercial Concepts with selection pressure for high health, litter size, number weaned, PSY

- Meat Quality Duroc

o  6% of total herd

o  Avg. Inbreeding 6.89%

o  Selection Pressure on Growth Rate and meat-quality traits including color, ph, tenderness, drip-loss and the primary focus on intra-muscular fat (IMF)

o  Limited outside semen introduced to alleviate inbreeding

o  Outside semen sourced from Pure Commercial and Kuhlow Girls, Inc., heritage Duroc lines with selection pressure for high health, feet and leg structure, growth rate and IMF scores

- Hampshire

o  1.25% of total herd

o  No inbreeding

o  Selection Pressure on Growth Rate, Total Born and Skeletal Structure. 

o  Limited outside semen introduced to alleviate inbreeding

o  Outside semen sourced from Shaffer Genetics with selection pressure for high health, growth rate and skeletal structure. 

- Maternal Crossbred

o  47.75% of total herd

o  No Inbreeding

o  Primarily F1 Yorkshire x Landrace crosses with parental selection for maternal traits.

o  No outside semen utilized

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