对抗猪关节疾病的新研究

       UK - Researcher Dale Sandercock from Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) is contributing to a Newcastle University led project looking for markers identifying pigs at risk from a painful and degenerative joint disease. Animals with degenerative joint conditions are likely to experience pain before they show any clinical signs or lameness. In UK Pig Herds lameness is a serious welfare and economic problem which has been found to affect some 230,000 animals annually. Being able to predict clinical lameness will not only help inform earlier pain alleviation but will also help in the selection for breeding of non-affected animals which could gradually reduce the genetic pre-disposition to lameness.

　　英国——苏格兰农业学院(SRUC)的研究员戴尔·Sandercock帮助纽卡斯尔大学主导的项目，该项目寻找能识别猪患有痛苦的和退行性关节疾病的标识。关节退化性的动物极大可能在显示任何临床症状或残废前历经病痛。在英国猪跛足是一个严重的社会福利和经济问题，每年影响约230000只动物。能够预测临床跛足不仅有助于减轻痛苦，而且也将有助于在早些时候得知未受感染动物的选择育种信息，可以逐步减少遗传性跛足。