Improving protein utilization efficiency of growing pigs (ProtiPig)

 

  • Identification of influences on protein utilization efficiency in growing pigs for further development of breeding and feeding measures.

Cooperating facilities

Start: 2019

Duration: 36 Months

Funding: H. Wilhelm Schaumann Foundation

  • Estimation of quantitative genetic and microbial parameters of protein utilization efficiency.
  • Mapping of possible major genes
  • Development of genomic breeding strategies focusing on protein utilization efficiency determined by the microbiota in the digestive tract
    • Validation of the suitability of plasma urea concentration to determine protein utilization using new data and current genetics.
    • Investigation of the effects on synthesis and formation of protein and on body composition.
      • Animal-specific quantitative detection of expressed proteins and metabolites.
      • Clarification of relationships to the protein turnover data.
        • Characterization of the animal-specific composition of the microbiota.
        • Uncover relationships to the proteome and protein turnover.