PHARMED ANIMALS
August 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE, in Montreal
A CALF'S destiny has long been dictated by two agricultural businesses: beef or dairy.
But there's now a third industry that requires animals for its growing appetite: the pharmaceuticals sector.
As the latest scientific headlines have shown, farmyard animals - cows, goats and pigs - are now being employed for purposes other than providing us with filet mignon, goat cheese and bacon. Genetically engineered cows are being produced that can now produce human antibodies in their blood, while some goats can express in their milk a ...
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