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Gene-edited pigs resistant to swine fever could boost animal welfare

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

Scientists unveil pigs gene-edited to resist swine fever

The researchers used Crispr-Cas9 “genetic scissors” technology to make the edit in pig zygotes — the cells formed from the ...
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Government to buy 30 thousand breeder pigs for repopulation program

The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to purchase 30,000 breeder pigs next year to boost the government’s hog repopulation program and help farmers recover from the devastating impact of African ...