Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 3/8/18



Castrating pigs is not a favorite chore for pork producers, but it’s necessary for meat quality and barn management. Now, scientists at the gene-editing company Recombinetics have developed a precision breeding method resulting in male piglets that remain in a prepubertal state, thus ending the need for castration. Recombinetics has partnered with Nebraska-based swine genetics supplier DNA Genetics to evaluate, develop, and commercialize the castration-free (CF) swine trait.

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