Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Breeding Pig Biotechnology Center

Since 1988, the company has established a breeding pig biotechnology center focusing on molecular biology and genetic engineering. It has five ancestral and great-grandparent breeding pig farms, a livestock molecular biotechnology center, including a molecular and genetic laboratory, a quantitative genetic engineering laboratory and a reproductive physiology laboratory, an animal health diagnosis center and a biorenewable energy research and development center. We strive to cultivate high-yield, high-efficiency and high-quality breeding pigs for Taiwan's pig industry, while also improving feeding and breeding technology and developing new livestock production technologies.

Our business philosophy is to provide the industry with excellent breeding pigs and the most advanced technology, and grow together with the industry.

Molecular and Genetic Laboratory

PCR determines the genetic genes of each trait at the molecular level:

The genes currently being tested include emergency genes, etc. Up to now, CP’s sow lines have no emergency genes; another gene being tested is a prolific gene, whose heterozygous effect can produce 0.4 more piglets per litter. Homozygotes are more likely to produce 0.8 piglets. The measurement results prove that our maternal line is a group with high reproductive characteristics.

Currently under development are growth genes (the fourth pair of chromosomes) and bone-building genes.

Quantitative Genetics Laboratory

B-mode ultrasonic cross-sectional scanning technology is a technology that can directly measure back fat thickness, waist-eye area and intermuscular fat content in vivo. The main advantage of this technology is that it is not necessary to analyze the carcass and meat traits after slaughtering excellent breeding pigs. And there is a high correlation (0.80) between back fat thickness, loin eye area and carcass lean meat output measured in live elite breeding pigs. Intramuscular fat is also closely related to taste.

Herdsman recording system and estimated breeding value:

The breeding production data can be accurately recorded, and the breeding value (EBV) of these traits can be calculated directly through the BLUP* method to accelerate the improvement of breeding pigs.

*BLUP is a new breeding method. This method can use the genetic information of all relatives to correctly estimate the breeding value and speed up breeding. Thai Charoen Pokphand began to use B LUP in 1993, which has greatly improved the growth, lean meat rate and newborn piglet traits of its breeding pigs. All advanced countries and companies now use the BLUP method for breeding. BLUP: Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction)

Reproductive Physiology Laboratory

New Reproductive Technology

Immunizing virgin pigs increases pregnancy rates. Virgin sows bred for the first time often develop local immune rejection of sperm for fertilization. In trials in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands, treated female pigs can increase the conception rate by 8%. CP’s farm is working on developing it into a commercial product.

Rapid Disease Diagnosis Center

Conduct rapid testing on breeding pig herds, customer pigs and chicken flocks to prevent disease invasion and maintain normal production.

Bioenergy Renewal Development Center

The biogas purification technology is developed in cooperation with the Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Taiwan University, and the Animal Industry Laboratory, using the recycled water purification method and the iron oxide purification method. These two methods are not only simple and easy to use, but also have good durability. The purified biogas can be directly It can be converted into mechanical energy to drive fans and water pumps in livestock buildings or converted into electrical energy to save electricity for ventilation and insulation in pastures. The effect is very significant.