«In contrast to most previous studies, in which the animals learned from peers, the present study
tested piglets after they observed their mother or their aunt in the process of solving a manipulative task,» explains Ludwig Huber, the director of this Messerli Foundation - financed study.
Charles Zukoski, Urbana - Champaign's vice chancellor of research, said that the school notified FDA of its intention to
test the piglets and sell those that tested negative for foreign genes to a livestock dealer.
Not exact matches
In a study
testing novel object recognition and location,
piglets interacted with these objects.
The researchers printed tracheae from biocompatible plastic and
tested them in
piglets.
Karp and colleagues
tested prototypes of the heart implant by inserting them into growing
piglets.
Interestingly, the
piglets produced the best results when they were not
tested for the learning effect until the next day.
For this reason, health authorities require that new infant formulas be
tested in
piglets before they can be used in clinical trials of human babies.