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Recent Articles
Report of Integrated Training in Livestock Genetics, Genomics and Leadership for Sustainable Breeding Programs in LMICs
Dr. Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu Picture 1. Training Cohort and Faculty: Participants and trainers at the integrated training on livestock genetics, genomics, and leadership held at ILRI, Nairobi (16–27 February 2026). …Read More »
Knowledge and Technology Transfer update for the Swine team March 2026 update
Gentec Swine at the Banff Pork Seminar The Gentec Swine Group kicked off the New Year at the Banff Pork Seminar (January 6-8th, 2026). Our team presented three posters that …Read More »
My experiences working with Gentec as an undergraduate and Master’s student
When I first joined the Livestock Gentec swine team in 2024 as a summer student intern and casual research assistant, I was in my 3rd year of my undergraduate degree …Read More »
Highlighting collaborators: Cow Calf Health Management Solutions
Livestock Gentec is very lucky and grateful to have excellent partners in industry and elsewhere. It is sometimes difficult to give proper credit to those who contribute to our successes. …Read More »
Knowledge transfer road trip: Highway 13 Cattleman’s annual showcase 2026
Project manager Jordan Roberts took a “quick” trip out to Czar, Alberta for the annual show case of Highway 13 Cattlemen’s club. The event featured a variety of exhibitors representing …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 »