Researchers hope to find reason for pig deaths during transport

ILLINOIS - In a video recording of a truck's interior, several pigs being transported from a farm to slaughter stand stiffly with their legs apart. For the entire length of the journey, the pigs maintain this posture - bracing themselves and balancing their weight against the accelerations and decelerations of the truck.
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