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Fifty Years with Göttingen Minipigs:
Let’s Celebrate!
During the 1960’s, the Georg-August-University in Göttingen,
Germany, worked on the creation of a small pig model and in
1969, they managed to establish the first barrier-bred population
of Göttingen Minipigs at the University’s experimental farm
in Relliehausen, Germany.
In 1992, Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs entered into a licensing
agreement with the University, giving the exclusive world-wide
right to breed and sell Göttingen Minipigs to Ellegaard Göttingen
Minipigs, and the first colony of barrier-bred, microbiologically
and genetically defined Göttingen Minipigs was established
through Caesarean section at Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs in
Denmark. Since then, Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs has extended
its operations and sublicensed the breeding of Göttingen Minipigs
to Marshall BioResources, the US, and OYC, Japan.
During the coming year we will host several scientific events
as a roadshow around the world to celebrate Fifty Years with
Göttingen Minipigs.
The roadshow events will take place at several locations in
Europe, as well as a number of locations in the US and Asia,
respectively, together with our global partners. The events
will feature speakers and topics for discussion of interest
to researchers and users of Göttingen Minipigs, including an
outlook on future needs and the further development of
Göttingen Minipigs.
Roadshow events being planned
The roadshow events are currently in the planning phase, and
invitations with venue, dates and final program will be published
at our website and LinkedIn during 2019.
We look forward to welcoming you to join us celebrating the
first Fifty Years with Göttingen Minipigs!
THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST COLONY OF GÖTTINGEN MINIPIGS:
P. Glodek und B. Oldigs, 1981, Das Göttinger Miniaturschwein, p. 12:
1.3. Züchterische Entwicklung nach der Schnittentbindung in Relliehausen
1.3.1. Gewichtsentwicklung
Der Erfolg der Selektion auf geringeres Wachstum und adultes Körpergewicht ist in
starkem Maße vom Gesundheitszustand in den Zuchtpopulationen abhängig, da genetische
Fortschritte nicht mit umweltbedingten Kümmerern erzielt werden können. Die unzureichenden
Stallverhältnisse in der Friedländer Anlage führten mit sinkendem Gewicht der Tiere zu
erhöhten Kümmererfrequenzen, so daß beschlossen wurde, das gesamte Zuchtprogramm
über Hysterektomie und künstliche Aufzucht der schnittentbundenen Ferkel in eine neue
geschlossene SPF-Anlage auf dem Versuchsgut Relliehausen zu überführen, die 1969 mit
Unterstützung der Stiftung Volkswagenwerk errichtet werden konnte.
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