RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — In knee-high rubber boots, Jennifer Young peers out over a dozen or so sows and their litters, seemingly oblivious to the stench coming from their pens.
Pigs have been Young’s constant companions during her five years at North Carolina State University, whether it’s been running their genetics statistics on a computer, or more odious tasks like weighing and measuring them in the muck at the “Swine Education Unit” on a university-owned farm.