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A Review of Environmental Risk Factors for African Swine Fever in European Wild Boar
Animals, 2021 A detailed understanding of environmental risk factors for African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar will be not only essential for risk assessments but also for timely and spatially informed allocation of resources in order to manage wild boar-targeted ASF
Carola Sauter-Louis +2 more
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African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in Europe—A Review
Viruses, 2021 The introduction of genotype II African swine fever (ASF) virus, presumably from Africa into Georgia in 2007, and its continuous spread through Europe and Asia as a panzootic disease of suids, continues to have a huge socio-economic impact.
Laura Zani +2 more
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Pork Production with Entire Males: Directions for Control of Boar Taint
Animals, 2020 Boar taint is caused by the accumulation of androstenone and skatole and other indoles in the fat; this is regulated by the balance between synthesis and degradation of these compounds and can be affected by a number of factors, including environment and
Christine Bone +2 more
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FIRST ACCOUNT ON MATERNAL LINEAGE OF ANDAMAN WILD BOAR (MOUPIN PIG), AN ENDANGERED ENDEMIC SPECIES OF ANDAMAN ARCHIPELAGO [PDF]
Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2022 This communication is the first report on the mitochondrial lineage of Andaman wild boar based on mitochondrial D-loop sequence information. Andaman wild boar is an endangered endemic species of the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago.
Arun Kumar De +3 more
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Spermatogenesis in the boar [PDF]
Veterinary Quarterly, 1982 In order to study kinetics of the spermatogenic epithelium in the adult boar, a method has been developed to prepare seminiferous tubules mounted as a whole, after which these tubules have been processed and studied as described previously only for rats, mice and hamsters.
Frankenhuis, M. T. +2 more
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Animal, 2021 Optimal management of gilt reproduction requires oestrus synchronization. Hormonal treatments are used for this purpose, but there is a growing demand for non-hormonal alternatives, especially in organic farms. The boar effect is an important alternative
G. Goudet +13 more
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Self-Administration of a Boar Priming Pheromone Stimulates Puberty in Gilts without Boar Exposure
Animals, 2023 Labor is in short supply in animal agriculture. One time-consuming task is estrus detection in gilts. Stimulation with a live boar causes the onset of puberty in young gilts. Typically, a live boar is used to stimulate and identify estrus in the gilts by
John J. McGlone +3 more
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Physiology of the Meishan boar [PDF]
Bioscientifica Proceedings, 2020 Onset of puberty (sperm production) occurs at a much younger age (56-84 days) in Meishans than in conventional boars (120-180 days). Throughout postnatal development, Meishans exhibit markedly higher (two- to ten-fold) concentrations of serum FSH, LH and androgens compared with conventional boars, and these high hormone concentrations are maintained at
D D, Lunstra +3 more
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Evaluation of possible mitigation measures to prevent introduction and spread of African swine fever virus through wild boar [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2014 This scientific report has been prepared in response to a request for urgent scientific and technical assistance under Art 31 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, in relation to possible mitigation measures to prevent introduction and spread of African swine ...
European Food Safety Authority
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Biology, 2022 The wild boar is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig and one of the most common species of ungulates. At the beginning of the 20th century, the wild boar was practically exterminated in the European part of Russia.
Olga Kostyunina +9 more
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