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pigs

[pigz] / pɪgz /


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This discovery is notable because bird and human flu viruses can exchange genetic material when they infect the same host, such as pigs.

From Science Daily

In addition to turkeys, residents include cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, llamas and emus.

From Los Angeles Times

In agricultural settings, about 20% of intensively raised pigs develop osteoarthritis.

From Science Daily

The new technique has already produced positive results in animal studies involving mice and pigs.

From Science Daily

The European debt crisis of the early 2010s created an image of a continent cleaved in two: The fiscally responsible core countries led by Germany versus the spendthrift southern periphery of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain—disdainfully dubbed PIGS.

From The Wall Street Journal