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Development of a new mini straw for cryopreservation of boar semen

open access: yesJournal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, 2022
Sperm cryopreservation is a fundamental process for the long-term conservation of livestock genetic resources. Yet, the packaging method has been shown, among other factors, to affect the frozen-thawed (FT) sperm quality.
Areeg Almubarak   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phenotype and animal domestication : A study of dental variation between domestic, wild, captive, hybrid and insular Sus scrofa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
Cucchi, Thomas   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Wild Game: Fresh Meat Processing

open access: yesEDIS, 2022
This document discusses processing food safety for wild game meat. Topics include aging, carcass cutting, meat grinding, shelf life, freezing, and thawing. Written by Michael Fioretto, Chad Carr, Jason M. Scheffler, Jennifer G.
Michael Fioretto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reunion overseas: introduced wild boars and cultivated orange trees interact in the Brazilian Atlantic forest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Little is known concerning novel interactions between species that typically interact in their native range but, as a consequence of human activity, are also interacting out of their original distribution under new ecological conditions.
Borges, R.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Metabolomic analysis reveals spermatozoa and seminal plasma differences between Duroc and Liang guang Small-spotted pig

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
The Liang guang Small-spotted pig is a well-known Chinese indigenous pig that is valued for its exceptional meat quality. However, the Liang guang Small-spotted pig has a lower semen storage capacity, shorter storage time and worse semen quality compared
Zhili Li   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing wild boar - considerations for wild boar management based on game biology data

open access: yesJulius-Kühn-Archiv, 2011
The wild boar is a large ungulate which may produce serious economic problems. As the wild boar is highly reproductive, a fast dispersing species and flexible in behavior, management has to be adapted to the adaptive wild boar populations.
Keuling, O.
doaj   +1 more source

Feral wild boar distribution and perceptions of risk on the central Canadian prairies

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2014
Feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) are rapidly expanding their distribution and abundance globally and causing considerable socio‐economic impacts. Prior to this study, the spatial distribution of feral boar on the Canada prairies was largely unknown.
Ryan K. Brook, Floris M. van Beest
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating Visual Monitoring of the Scrotum as a Supplementary Tool for Boar Semen Quality Evaluation

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences, 2022
Farm animals behavior research uses video cameras, mainly for visual observation and recording. The purpose of this feasibility study was to enrich the predictable methods of boar semen production capacity by correlating sperm variables with the scrotal ...
Vasiliki Stravogianni   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Edible Pneumatic Battery for Sustained and Repeated Robot Actuation

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents an edible energy source and valve system to power soft, pneumatically driven edible robots. A chemical reaction between sodium bicarbonate and citric acid generates carbon dioxide gas, and a pressure‐triggered edible valve enables self‐repetitive motion of the edible actuator.
Bokeon Kwak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the role of free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the re-emergence of enzootic pneumonia in domestic pig herds: a pathological, prevalence and risk-factor study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Enzootic pneumonia (EP) caused by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae has a significant economic impact on domestic pig production. A control program carried out from 1999 to 2003 successfully reduced disease occurrence in domestic pigs in Switzerland, but ...
Mainity Batista Linhares   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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