Articles, fact sheets and Flyers
Flyer for Breeders
Highlighting goals for Nustrale breeders: preserving genetic diversity, improving meat quality,
and ensuring reliable pedigree tracking through controlled breeding practices.
Vision of Those Involved in the Conservation
of Local Breeds of Pigs and Chickens
Insights from European stakeholders on local pig and chicken breed conservation, highlighting strong support for selective breeding. Emphasising the need for public support.
GENE EDITING: A Potential Solution for Dual-Purpose Chicken Breeding
For many years, the poultry industry has faced an ethical dilemma: what to do with male chicks from layer breeds? To explore this challenge, researchers in the GEroNIMO project ran a computer-based simulation to examine how gene editing might help improve dual-purpose chickens.