Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

Photo caption: Animal rights groups say the solution remains factory farming reforms, not genetic editing. Photo source: Depositphotos. Article by Andrew Paul. Popular Science – February 23, 2024.

US farmers are closer than ever to raising genetically edited pigs immune to one of the animal’s deadliest diseases. But while millions of dollars could be saved with livestock impervious to highly virulent, diverse strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), animal rights groups maintain the cutting-edge idea isn’t an ethical solution, but yet another industrial farming stopgap. […]

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