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Recent Articles
Team update: welcome back Dr. Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu back to the University of Alberta and Livestock Gentec. Dr. Ekine-Dzivenu is a quantitative geneticist and livestock genomics scientist with extensive experience applying …Read More »
Near Infrared Spectroscopy on fecal as a proxy measure for enteric GHG
The Canadian agriculture industry is striving to balance both sustainability and productivity, targeting net zero emissions by 2050 and a doubling in agriculture productivity by 2030 (Government of Canada 2024). …Read More »
The current value of replacement heifers and maximizing your investment with genomics
Mark Johnson of OSU Extension recently published an article on the economics of herd expansion where he provides an excellent overview of the current value of replacement heifers and the …Read More »
Livestock Gentec knowledge mobilization activities September 2025
Gentec’s producer pilot project for the NSERC-SSHRC funded project: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Canadian Beef Industry through the Development and Adoption of Genomic Tools is attracting interest across …Read More »
No-cost genotyping pilot project for emissions and profitability Beneficial Management Practices
This pilot project will evaluate the adoption of genomic tools and genetic selection strategies on reducing GHG emissions and improving profit at the herd level as compared with the baseline …Read More »
Gentec in the News
Genomics Increasingly Advancing Livestock Development
Mountain View Today interviewed Gentec’s John Basarab on the future of genomics in the beef breeding industry in Western Canada. Read the article here.Read More »
How to Keep Productive Females in the Herd Longer
Progressive Pork interviewed Gentec’s Jenny Patterson on how gilt management can set up sow lifetime productivity. Read the article here.Read More »
Picking Replacement Heifers
Canadian Cattlemen reviews project results from Gentec’s John Basarab and Cameron Olson on heifer feed efficiency and lifetime productivity. Read the article here.Read More »
Beef Sector Faces Genomic Roadblocks
The Western Producer interviewed Gentec’s John Basarab during the 2022 Livestock Roundup about the obstacles and opportunities for genomics in beef. Read the article here.Read More »
Gilt Development and a Determining Factor Behind Low Birth Weight Pigs
The SwineIt podcast interviews Gentec’s Jenny Patterson on the key components of determining sow lifetime productivity and what recent research has shown for the interactions between sows and low birth …Read More »