To thwart the next pandemic, ‘swientists’ hunt for flu viruses at U.S. hog shows
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Des Moines, Iowa—
At 4:30 a.m. on 16 June, the last morning of the National Swine Registry’s Exposition, a weeklong hog show at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Andrew Bowman and his team began winding through massive, open-air barns housing some 2000 pigs. Large fans blew across the pens to c...
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