About this episode

Dr. Amanda Reever discusses the importance of sire line data and how it can help producers make informed genetics decisions.

In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Amanda Reever, Veterinarian and Director of Research at Suidae Health & Production, explains how a collaborative sire line trial fairly compared boar lines under commercial conditions. She discusses collaboration with genetics companies, trial controls, data sharing, benchmarking, and how producers can use evidence to make better sire line decisions. Listen now on all major platforms! "Genetics decisions should be backed by transparent trial data that shows whether comparisons were truly apples to apples and relevant to each farm system." Meet the guest: Dr. Amanda Reever is a Veterinarian and Director of Research at Suidae Health & Production. Her work supports swine producers through practical research, production-focused decision making, and applied trials that help connect health, genetics, and commercial performance. Learn more from Dr. Amanda Reever on The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms. Liked this one? Don’t stop now — Here’s what we think you’ll love! https://www.wisenetix.com/blog?tag=the+swine+health+blackbelt What you will learn: (00:00) Highlight (00:53) Introduction (01:40)…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Amanda Reever

Topics covered

• sire line data
• boar lines
• genetics
• collaboration
• data sharing
• producer decisions

Keywords

• sire line
• boar lines
• genetics decisions
• data sharing
• trial design
• producer takeaways

Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Suidae Health & Production

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