Global adoption of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome–resistant pigs will have significant economic and market impacts

That’s the title of a new article I’ve published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research . A couple months ago, the FDA approved the use of genetic engineering to gene edit pigs to make them resistant to a disease that has ravaged the industry for decades: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). Pork producers have a number of key questions and concerns about the new…