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. 2011 Dec:1245:63-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06345.x.

Animal models got you puzzled?: think pig

Eric M Walters  1 , Yuksel Agca, Venkataseshu Ganjam, Tim Evans
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Animal models got you puzzled?: think pig

Eric M Walters et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Swine are an excellent large animal model for human health and disease because their size and physiology are similar to humans, in particular, with respect to the skin, heart, gastrointestinal tract, and kidneys. In addition, the pig has many emerging technologies that will only enhance the development of the pig as the nonrodent biomedical model of choice.

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