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Understanding U.S. pedigrees
A pedigree contains valuable information about the production traits that are heritable, as well as the specific animals’ ability to make improvements through genetic selection and planned matings. Learn how to read a pedigree issued by the National Swine Registry.

Educational articles
Guide for the evaluation of structural, feet and leg, and reproductive soundness in replacement gilts (pdf), National Pork Board

Meat quality traits and genetic selection by Tom J. Bass, Ph.D., Iowa State University

Proper care and adjustment of imported boars by Wayne L. Singleton, Ph.D., Purdue University

Profit in pork production through breeding programs and genetic evaluation by M. Todd See, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Heterosis and its use in swine breeding systems