Yes, because of all the mammals their organs are amongst the closest to
those of humans (aside from apes and monkeys) and they are amongst the
easiest to raise in a lab setting and study.  I did work on a local research
farm at the med school when I was a grad student.  But I worked mostly with
the monkeys, evaluating their social behaviour and correlation with cardiac
health.  The pigs were in another section of the farm.  At Bowman Gray Med
School (part of Wake Forest U), the Anthro grad department and med students
would work on research projects together.  I loved it.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: peter singer again


> You know that pigs are used to study many human maladies. Ie: alcoholism.
> ???
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Salkin Kathleen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: peter singer again
>
> Mag,  I can tell you what makes me sick is visiting a hog farm, and I
don't
> mean one of those huge mechanised ones, but the ones small farmers in Down
> East NC have. My best friend from college took me to visit a hog farmer
down
> the road from her once, and being a city slicker and not used to the
stench,
> I got pretty sick.  Fortunately for my pride, I didn't lose my lunch then
> and there, but I came pretty close.  She told me they're all like that.
>
> Now, I don't mind being around horses and er, the manure they produce; I
> used to muck out the stables when I was in the riding club at my college
(we
> members rotated the duties), and enjoy it, tossing out the old straw and
> heaving in nice, clean new straw into the stalls.  But er, horses and hogs
> sure don't smell the same!
>
> Kat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Magenta Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:50 AM
> Subject: Re: peter singer again
>
>
> > The smell of dried pig skins makes me nauseous!
> >
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