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Comment by _nalply

Perhaps. I wouldn't believe any statements that I learnt today before some research validating it, and even then only give a measure of confidency.

Here I did that for you:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510857/

I trust NIH so my confidence that they write corresponds to truth is high even for the scientific interpretation of truth.

And that's what they wrote:

> Pigs were considered prion resistant as no natural cases have been observed despite a large population and being fed intensely with feedstuffs containing animal derived protein. However, it has been demonstrated that BSE is able to infect pigs albeit with low efficiency [...]

So, no, pigs are not resistant but more resistant than cattle and humans.

parent _nalply 2 years ago

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