Wild boars as sources for infectious diseases in livestock and humans

XJ Meng, DS Lindsay… - … Transactions of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Wild boars (Sus scrofa) are indigenous in many countries in the world. These free-living
swine are known reservoirs for a number of viruses, bacteria and parasites that are …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudorabies virus in wild swine: a global perspective

T Müller, EC Hahn, F Tottewitz, M Kramer, BG Klupp… - Archives of …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Suid herpesvirus 1 (SuHV1, syn. Aujeszky's disease virus [ADV] or pseudorabies
virus [PrV]), which belongs to the family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus …

Consequences associated with the recent range expansion of nonnative feral swine

SN Bevins, K Pedersen, MW Lutman, T Gidlewski… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Feral swine (Sus scrofa) have been repeatedly introduced to locations around the world.
Aided by both an adaptable biology and deliberate introductions by people, the range of …

Evidence of the role of European wild boar as a reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

V Naranjo, C Gortazar, J Vicente, J de La Fuente - Veterinary microbiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is caused by Mycobacterium bovis and closely related
mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. They have an extensive host …

[HTML][HTML] Wild boar mapping using population-density statistics: From polygons to high resolution raster maps

C Pittiglio, S Khomenko, D Beltran-Alcrudo - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The wild boar is an important crop raider as well as a reservoir and agent of spread of swine
diseases. Due to increasing densities and expanding ranges worldwide, the related …

The status of tuberculosis in European wild mammals

C Gortázar, RJ Delahay, RA Mcdonald… - Mammal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT 1 Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and
related members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Infection affects not only cattle …

A review of viral diseases of the European wild boar: effects of population dynamics and reservoir role

F Ruiz-Fons, J Segalés, C Gortázar - The Veterinary Journal, 2008 - Elsevier
There has been a worldwide increase in the number and geographical spread of wild boar
populations in recent decades leading to an increase in both the circulation of disease …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and mapping the probability of occurrence of invasive wild pigs across the contiguous United States

ML McClure, CL Burdett, ML Farnsworth, MW Lutman… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa), also known as wild swine, feral pigs, or feral hogs, are one of the
most widespread and successful invasive species around the world. Wild pigs have been …

Estimating red deer abundance in a wide range of management situations in Mediterranean habitats

P Acevedo, F Ruiz‐Fons, J Vicente… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
When human interventions interfere with the natural regulation of wildlife populations by
favouring some species, overabundance can emerge. We evaluated different methods of …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in the activity pattern of the wild boar Sus scrofa related to human disturbance

H Ohashi, M Saito, R Horie, H Tsunoda, H Noba… - European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Over the last century, human activity has caused significant changes to the activity patterns
of many wildlife species. The wild boar is one species known to change its activity pattern …