The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya [PDF]
, 2013 Background In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. These systems allow poor farmers the opportunity to enter into livestock keeping without large capital investments.
Cook, Elizabeth A. +3 more
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DNA extraction from skins of wild (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris and Pecari tajacu) and domestic (Sus scrofa domestica) species using a novel protocol. [PDF]
, 2012 Sometimes, commercial products obtained from wild animals are sold as if they were from domestic animals and vice versa. At this point of the productive chain, legal control of possible wildlife products is difficult.
Amavet, Patricia Susana +3 more
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Corporal and testicular biometry in wild boar from birth to 12 months of age
Revista Ceres, 2013 The aim of this tudy was to evaluate corporal and testicular development in wild boars (Sus scrofa scrofa) from birth to 12 months of age, evaluating body weight, biometric testicular parameters, and gonadosomatic index.
Danillo Velloso Ferreira Murta +4 more
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Endogenous and exogenous constraints in the population changes of wild boar (sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) [PDF]
, 2004 The population dynamics of wild boar (Sus scrofa) was studied in a time series over 26 years using data from the Regional Hunting Reserve of Somiedo (northern Spain).
Nores, Carlos, Uzal Fernandez, Antonio
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CyTA - Journal of Food, 2022 The ladder-shape melting temperature isothermal amplification (LMTIA) is a newly developed technology, and the objective of this study is to establish the LMTIA assay for detection of pork in beef.
Wang Yongzhen, Borui Wang, Deguo Wang
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Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequence of Mongolian wild boars
Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2018 Specimens of Mongolian wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Arkhangai, Dornod, Zavkhan, Orkhon, Ovorkhangai, Selenge, Tuv, Khovd, Khuvsgul and Uvs aimags (provinces) were subjected to DNA sequencing. Determined sequences from 18 specimens were registered into the
Ali Khamit +5 more
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Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa): Chemical and Histological Analysis
Toxins, 2012 Ochratoxins are fungal secondary metabolites that may contaminate a broad variety of foodstuffs, such as grains, vegetables, coffee, dried fruits, beer, wine and meats.
Elvira De Giglio +5 more
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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020 La dieta del jabalí y sus implicaciones en la agricultura y la biodiversidad de las ecorregiones de bosques y pastizales del Brasil En este artículo tratamos de describir la composición de la dieta de Sus scrofa en tres ecorregiones brasileñas ...
I. B. Cervo, D. L. Guadagnin
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Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst-forming ciliates [PDF]
, 2013 Balantidiasis is considered a neglected zoonotic disease with pigs serving as reservoir hosts. However, Balantidium coli has been recorded in many other mammalian species, including primates. Here, we evaluated the genetic diversity of B.
Grim, J Norman +9 more
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Comparative targeted metabolomic profiles of porcine plasma and serum
Animal, 2023 Metabolomics has been used to characterise many biological matrices and obtain detailed pictures of biological systems based on many metabolites.
Samuele Bovo +7 more
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