Pig Stress Syndrome Linked to Gene Defect

By Sandra Avant




A defect in a gene called dystrophin is the cause of a newly discovered stress syndrome in pigs, U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found.

Stress-related issues like transportation cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $50 million a year. Producers as well as researchers have long suspected that undetected stress-related syndromes are affecting the