April 14, 2014

Genesus opens Centre of Gene Transfer in Manitoba, Canada

Genesus Genetics has opened a state of the art Boar Stud at an isolated location near Hamiota, Manitoba which will be an exclusive Gene Transfer Centre for its domestic and international AI production for fresh and frozen semen, as announced by Garth Braun, General Manager.

Genesus is the world's largest high health producer of purebred registered breeding stock.

This Canadian facility with a capacity of 483,000 doses per year will be using state of the art CASA system with auto morphology. The facility features a state of art water system including reverse osmosis technology and double ultra violet protection against bacteria with a de ionizer with a backup polisher and continuous circulation for type one water.

The Canadian Centre will be a positive pressure barn with HEPA filtration and isolation with Noveko filter for protection against aerosol pathogens.

Braun, who has over 16 years of reproduction and gene transfer experience with Hylife-Fast Genetics, has been integral in producing over ½ million straws of frozen semen, shipped to EU, China & USA. He is a published co-author in an industry journal on frozen semen. He has helped to produce over five million bottles of fresh semen.