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Deadly Virus Sending More Pigs Straight From County Fairs to Slaughterhouse

Noted: Effective or not, the new recommendations are being taken seriously. In Wisconsin, most fairs are heeding McGraw?s advice and holding terminal shows, says Bernie O?Rourke, an extension youth livestock specialist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Instead of spring weigh-ins at which animals may mingle, some fairs are using DNA testing to verify animals? identities, O?Rourke says.