Genetically Modified Pigs: Easier to Abuse

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.... " A good part of the swine industry realizes that if we raise these

pigs under ideal conditions, we make the pigs fly in terms of

performance, " Schinckel said.

 

But this is not an ideal world.

 

" No one could afford to raise three pigs per pen [as opposed to eight or

more] because the facility costs would be so great, " Muir said.

 

Muir and Schinckel believe the answer lies in the expanding field of

genomics...

 

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