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Inside the Helix — 83 episodes

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New Crop Transition: What Swine Producers Need to Know

2

Changing Seasons, Changing Ventilation

3

Understanding The Effects of Temperature on Samples

4

Decades of Advancement: The Evolution of American Genetics

5

Building a Better Start: Setting Weaned Pigs Up for Success

6

Don't Sweat Summer Losses: Smarter Cooling for Better Performance

7

Measuring What Matters: New Temperature Technologies

8

The Real Cost of Re-Mixing Nursery Pigs

9

Understanding the Maternal Line’s Role in Grow-Finish

10

Inside the Pen: Best Practices for Managing Group-Housed Sows

11

Precision Protein: Rethinking Amino Acid Sources for Modern Swine

12

Don’t Let the Feed Go Dry: Preventing and Managing Feed Outages in Pig Production

13

Environment’s Impact on a Genetics Program: Part 2

14

Environment’s Impact on a Genetics Program: Part 1

15

A Peek Behind the Curtain: Improving Sow Longevity

16

The Journey of Full Program Testing

17

Is It Time to Upgrade Your Herd's Health?

18

Breeding on Your Terms: Mastering the Estrous Cycle & Reproductive Tools

19

To Induce or Not to Induce: Striking the Right Balance in Farrowing Management

20

Are All Sires Created Equal? The Truth About Pooled Semen

21

Digital Phenotyping: Advancing the Next Generation of Genetic Progress

22

The Legacy of the Boar: Building Longevity in the Stud

23

Gene Editing: Revisiting a Timely Topic

24

Perception vs. Progress: The Real Story of Today’s L241

25

Barn Cam Series, Part 2: Using Cameras to Strengthen Biosecurity

26

Barn Cam Series, Part 1: A Look Through the Lens with Andy Jakubowski

27

The Value of Teat Count and Loading Strategy

28

Split Suckling: Myth or Must?

29

From Concept to Reality: The Journey of New Trait Development

30

The mystery cough: Could it be Astrovirus 4?

31

To Buy or Not to Buy: Deciding the Best Path for Sourcing Gilts

32

So You Want to Be a Geneticist? Insights with Dr. Randy Borg

33

Decades of Advancements: The Evolution of American Genetics

34

Breeding Smarter: Unlocking Efficiency and Performance with PCAI

35

Flipping the switch on F18: Genetic Solutions to F18 E.coli

36

Room to Grow: Optimizing Space Allowance for Nursery Pigs

37

The most important part of a productive sows life: Managing the farrowing transition

38

The World’s Largest Semen Distribution Network

39

The Impacts of Lower Energy Rations on Finishing Pig Performance

40

New vs. Old Crop

41

Managing Barn Environment & Ventilation through the Fall Transition Period

42

Effect of Vaccination Timing On Growing Pig Growth and Performance

43

New Multiplication Health Status

44

Case Study: PRRS Persistent Infection Evaluation In 2 Sow Herds

45

Importance of Balanced Breeding in Swine Genetics

46

Benchmarking For Continuous Improvement

47

How People Training Impacts Genetic Progress

48

Feeding Strategies For Sexually Mature Gilts & Boars

49

Hard Starting Pigs

50

Precision Livestock Farming

51

Pre-Production Boar Management

52

Truck Wash Biosecurity

53

Semen Efficiencies

54

Brazilian Pork Industry

55

Gilt Development Strategies

56

Why Weigh Gilts?

57

Improving Robustness through Genetics

58

Technical Support: Walk-Thrus & Troubleshooting

59

Sow Farrowing Care

60

First 48-Hour Pig Care

61

Feeding for Body Condition Management

62

Estrus Detection

63

Gilt Development

64

Winter Ventilation

65

What to do with 125,000 Extra Feed Sacks?

66

Creep Feeding Research

67

Body Condition Scoring

68

Reducing Defects Through Genetic Selection

69

Technology in Swine Research

70

Agalactia in the Sow Herd

71

Full Program Swine Genetics in Action

72

Seasonal Infertility

73

Combating High Feed Costs

74

What is the Right Wean Age for My Farm?

75

DNA Genetics at the 2023 World Pork Expo

76

Boar Exposure

77

Summer Ventilation

78

Gene Editing: Promise and Implications for the Swine Industry

79

Genetic Selection Against E. coli

80

Feed Biosecurity

81

Starting the Nursery Pig

82

Nurse Sow Strategy: Are we moving too many pigs?

83

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