Individuals can increase inclusive fitness benefits through a complex network of social interactions directed towards kin. Preferential relationships with relatives lead to the emergence of kin structures in the social system. Cohesive social groups of related individuals and female philopatry of wild boar create conditions for cooperation through kin selection and make the species a good biolo...

Forty-eight crossbred barrows and gilts weighing 84.5 +/- .33 kg were used during two 21-d trials to investigate the effects of a cold, diurnal temperature (CD; -5.0 to 8.0 degrees C) compared with a constant, thermoneutral temperature (TN; 20 degrees C) and the effects of sex (barrows vs gilts) on performance. A second objective was to determine shrinkage as a result of a 24-h fast immediately...

As wild boars (Sus scrofa L.) are progenitors of pigs (Sus domesticus), they can copulate reciprocally and give prolific progeny. However, wild boar and pig not only have different appearance, but also different biological features. In 2004 – 2008, in stockyard located in Telšiai district (Lithuania), two groups of investigated animals were formed: I – Lithuanian Whites copulated with a wild bo...

In order to meet the demands of experimental minipigs for biomedical researches, we have aimed at cultivating grazing Chinese Wuzhishan (WZS) minipigs and trying to make them useful and affordable since the 1990s. After more than ten years of captive cultivation following sound management practices and a rigorous selection program for fertility and litter size, we established an outbred WZS min...

A total of four hundred swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) samples were examined from January 2013 to December 2015. Out of 400 samples examined, 46 (11.5%) swine were infected with Taenia solium and Ascaris suum. The highest infection of cysticercus larvae of T.solium in swine were 8.43% (7/83) in Nepalganj, likewise 2.2% (2/95) in Dharan, 1.53% (1/65) in Kathmandu, 1.50% (1/66) in Butwal and infec...

The feasibility of reintroducing Wild Boar Sus scrofa to Scotland was investigated using the predictions of a Geographical information System (GIS) and a Population Viability Analysis (PVA). In the first stage of this study we summarized information from published literature on the biology, habitat requirements, home range use and population densities of Wild Boar, and using a GIS we identified...

Maternal behaviour, infanticide and welfare in enclosed European wild boars (Sus scrofa) Andersson, A. 2010. Maternal behaviour, infanticide and welfare in enclosed European wild boars (Sus scrofa). To my daughter My V ABSTRACT European wild boars (Sus scrofa) are kept in Swedish enclosures for hunting and meat production purposes. The sows are known to undergo behavioural changes in connection...