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stress gene??

Post by pigfarmer665 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:57 pm

ok, we had a gilt that was stress positive, but when the judge asked me what it was called in technical terms i totally forgot :oops: . ever since, i havent been able to remember what its called. if anyone could help me i would appreciate it!!!
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Post by RingMaster » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:04 pm

PSS - Porcine Stress Syndrome
I show purebreds...therefore I am of higher social status than you.

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Post by pigfarmer665 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:11 pm

well excuse me. i thought any question was a good question
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Post by pigfarmer665 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:18 pm

sorry im just gonna go crawl under a rock and die now...i didnt realize your bottom line of your message was your signature.

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Post by eat_sleep_show » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:39 pm

Ha, funny thing those signatures.

Well I hear of all these places where you can test your breeding pigs to see if their positive, what exactly is the stress gene thing and how do they test for it?

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