Newborn piglets were again anesthetized with Ketanest (20 mg/kg body weight, intramuscularly), the right atrium was punctured with a 12-gauge needle, and brains were perfused and fixed through the ...

Although prevention and treatment strategies are available for influenza, they are not sufficient for vulnerable populations such as young children and newborns. A team of researchers has studied ...

While pigs still cannot fly, researchers have discovered that the hearts of newborn piglets do have one remarkable ability. They can almost completely heal themselves after experimental heart attacks.

From left, Shih-Hsuan Hsiao, Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine; Nicole L. Herndon, Assistant Director of Animal Care; Christopher Gaulke; Ying Fang; and Lufan Yang, a ...

Researchers have found that the intestinal mucosal environment of juvenile pigs can stimulate repair of intestinal injuries in newborn piglets. The findings have implications both for understanding ...

A livestream with Houston SPCA started just in time to introduce the city to newborn piglets. Their mom is a rescued Vietnamese potbelly pig named Juno. She was rescued by the SPCA in December and she ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo welcomed five newborn Guinea hog piglets this past weekend. After a 114-day gestation period, three males and two females were born. The zoo said ...

Piglets are sensitive to cold and shiver to maintain their body heat. Researchers at Uppsala University have uncovered a genetic reason why these newborns are less tolerant of the cold than other ...

BRIGHTON, Mich. – It's a sure sign that spring is right around the corner when the barns are bursting with newborn babies and expectant moms at Kensington and Wolcott Mill Metropark. At Kensington ...

When the newborn piglets first started getting sick in October 2016, farmers in China's Guangdong province suspected porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) — a disease they'd seen in the pigs before.