The contribution of wildlife hosts to the rise of ticks and tick-borne diseases in North America

JI Tsao, SA Hamer, S Han, JL Sidge… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Wildlife vertebrate hosts are integral to enzootic cycles of tick-borne pathogens, and in some
cases have played key roles in the recent rise of ticks and tick-borne diseases in North …

The global seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among wild boars: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Rostami, SM Riahi, Y Fakhri, V Saber… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
This systematic review and meta-analysis study was performed to evaluate the worldwide
seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among wild boar. We searched PubMed, Science …

Transmission of antibiotic resistance at the wildlife-livestock interface

S Lee, P Fan, T Liu, A Yang, RK Boughton… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms (ARMs) are widespread in natural environments,
animals (wildlife and livestock), and humans, which has reduced our capacity to control life …

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 …

Historical, current, and potential population size estimates of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in the United States

JS Lewis, JL Corn, JJ Mayer, TR Jordan… - Biological …, 2019 - Springer
To control invasive species and prioritize limited resources, managers need information
about population size to evaluate the current state of the problem, the trend in population …

Urban wild boars prefer fragmented areas with food resources near natural corridors

R Castillo-Contreras, J Carvalho, E Serrano… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wild boar populations are expanding throughout the world and intruding into periurban and
urban areas. In the last years, wild boar has colonized several European cities, including our …

A review of the impacts of invasive wild pigs on native vertebrates

MT McDonough, SS Ditchkoff, MD Smith… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
The wild pig (Sus scrofa) is a successful invasive species that has become well established
outside of its native range in Eurasia. The invasive wild pig is the result of released or …

Too many wild boar? Modelling fertility control and culling to reduce wild boar numbers in isolated populations

S Croft, B Franzetti, R Gill, G Massei - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Wild boar and feral swine number and range are increasing worldwide in parallel with their
impact on biodiversity and human activities. The ecological and economic impact of this …

Cross-species transmission potential between wild pigs, livestock, poultry, wildlife, and humans: implications for disease risk management in North America

RS Miller, SJ Sweeney, C Slootmaker, DA Grear… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Cross-species disease transmission between wildlife, domestic animals and humans is an
increasing threat to public and veterinary health. Wild pigs are increasingly a potential …

Assessing the utility of metabarcoding for diet analyses of the omnivorous wild pig (Sus scrofa)

MS Robeson, K Khanipov, G Golovko… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are an invasive species descended from both domestic swine and
Eurasian wild boar that was introduced to North America during the early 1500s. Wild pigs …