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Invited review: reproductive physiology in commercial and premium pig breeds – history of 30-year-long cooperation
Cooperation of the Hungarian Research Institute for Animal Breeding and
Nutrition (ATK) with the German Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
(FBN) goes back many decades. In 1988 the two departments of
reproductive biology began a joint project concerning on ovulation
investigation in Landrace pigs. This joint project laid the foundation for
further joint projects and has existed for almost 30 years. Over the
years, the main focus has always been on the events of the female reproductive tract
in pigs, i.e., follicular growth, ovulation, transport of gametes in the oviduct,
fertilization and early embryonic development. Nearly all studies were done
under in vivo circumstances and using different clinical and
endocrinological methods, enabling us to obtain more profound knowledge of the
dynamics of reproductive processes. Even results considered to be basic
scientific achievements were available for utilization in the daily practice of
porcine reproductive management. Since the end of the 1990s, the common projects
have been gradually shifted to the physiology of the Hungarian indigenous pig breed
Mangalica. Research partners were convinced that modern utilization of
indigenous pig breeds would open new doors for premium pork production.
In addition to the Mangalica breed, this principal was broadened to non-European fatty-type native pig breeds as well and resulted in long-term, intercontinental
scientific cooperation