Comparison of two ketamine/xylazine anesthesic protocols in pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)

Substantial Hybridisation Between Wild Boars (Sus scrofa scrofa) and East Balkan Pigs (Sus scrofa f. domestica) in Natural Environment As a Result of Semi-wild Rearing in Bulgaria

Nikolov I.S., Stoeckle B.C., Markov G., Kuehn R. (2017): Substantial hybridisation between wild boars (Sus scrofa scrofa) and East Balkan pigs (Sus scrofa f. domestica) in natural environment as a result of semiwild rearing in Bulgaria. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 62, 1–8. The East Balkan pig (EBP) is a traditional domestic pig breed in Bulgaria managed in semi-wild conditions and well-adapted to the ...

THE INTESTINAL TRACT AND THE PEYER’S PATCH DIMENSIONS OF WILD BOARS (Sus scrofa L., 1758) AND DOMESTIC PIGS (Sus scrofa f. domestica). AN ALLOMETRIC COMPARISON

Meiotic Recombination Analyses of Individual Chromosomes in Male Domestic Pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)

For the first time in the domestic pig, meiotic recombination along the 18 porcine autosomes was directly studied by immunolocalization of MLH1 protein. In total, 7,848 synaptonemal complexes from 436 spermatocytes were analyzed, and 13,969 recombination sites were mapped. Individual chromosomes for 113 of the 436 cells (representing 2,034 synaptonemal complexes) were identified by immunostaini...

The effect of age on the morphometric sperm traits of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica).

The experiment was conducted using 20 male domestic pigs, which were in 2 (equal-sized) age groups: under 14 months old and over 18 months old. At least 5 ejaculates from each male were taken, and in each ejaculate, morphometric measurements of 50 spermatozoa were made. The measured parameters were head area, head length and width, and flagellum length. For each ejaculate, the basic physical tr...

Microsatellite-based characterization of Southern African domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)

H. Swart, A. Kotze, P.A.S. Olivier and J.P. Grobler 1 Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0272, South Africa 2 Animal Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research Council, P/Bag X2, Irene 0062, South Africa 3 Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 4 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, PO Box ...