Pigs have substantial potential as biomedical models for studying human developmental
processes, congenital diseases, and pathogen response mechanisms in addition to utility as …

Programmable DNA cleavage using CRISPR–Cas9 enables efficient, site-specific genome
engineering in single cells and whole organisms. In the research arena, versatile CRISPR …

Climate change imposes a severe threat to agricultural systems, food security, and human
nutrition. Meanwhile, efforts in crop and livestock gene editing have been undertaken to …

Control of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) remains
problematic, and economic studies have uniformly shown that PRRSV inflicts major losses …

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is a panzootic infectious disease
of pigs, causing major economic losses to the world-wide pig industry. PRRS manifests …

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and transmissible
gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) are two highly infectious and lethal viruses causing major …

Understudied, coinfections are more frequent in pig farms than single infections. In pigs, the
term “Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex”(PRDC) is often used to describe coinfections …

EFSA and EMA have jointly reviewed measures taken in the EU to reduce the need for and
use of antimicrobials in food‐producing animals, and the resultant impacts on antimicrobial …

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector and is rapidly becoming the
primary source of seafood for human diets. Selective breeding programs are enabling …

Artificial insemination (AI) is now used for breeding more than 90% of the sows in most of the
world's primary pork producing countries. Despite the advancement of methods to …