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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"feral swine"”.
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Factors predicting feral swine management preferences and willingness to pay
The population increase and spread of feral swine across the United States is of increasing concern to agricultural producers, land managers, and government. Feral swine cause extensive damage to property, carry several diseases, and are generalist that will eat anything. This study explores how …
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Immunocontraceptive vaccines against brucellosis and population growth in feral swine
Feral swine are a nuisance species across the United States that costs around $1.5 billion each year in agricultural, environmental, and personal property damages. In the last ten years the population of feral swine is estimated to have quadrupled and novel population control methods are needed. …
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Rough leucine auxotrophic strains of <i>Brucella</i> expressing <i>Salmonella</i> flagellin C conjugated gonadotropins, an immunocontraceptive brucellosis vaccine for feral swine population control
… pathogen is still present in elk, bison, and feral swine. With the growth of free-range farming, domestic livestock and wildlife populations come into close contact, spreading the disease. Feral swine interactions are of particular concern. They carry a number of zoonotic diseases including …
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Specialized Online Publics and Rhetorical Ecologies: A Study of Civic Engagement in Natural Resource Management
… natural resource issue: deer management and feral swine management. The deer management case study represents the ways in which specialized online publics operate within rhetorical ecologies, while also exposing a space where these publics might make a greater impact in management practices …
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HERBIVORY IMPACTS ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF SEEDLINGS IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FOREST RESTORATION SITES IN THE POST OAK SAVANNAH AND BLACKLAND PRAIRIE ECOREGIONS OF TEXAS, USA
… deer (<em>Odocoileus virginianus</em>) and feral swine (<em>Sus scrofa</em>) on Nuttall oak (<em>Quercus texana</em> Buckley), Shumard oak (<em>Q. shumardii</em> Buckley), bur oak (<em>Q. macrocarpa</em> Michx.), and pecan (<em>Carya illinoinensis</em> K. Koch) at BLHW restoration sites at …
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Development of an Antibiotic Resistance Free Bivalent Vaccine Against Swine Brucellosis and Swine Influenza
… diseases of both bacterial and viral origin. Swine brucellosis caused by Brucella suis and swine influenza caused by Influenza A virus affect both domestic and feral swine populations. Both the diseases have zoonotic potential to cause disease in humans with serious complications apart from …
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Macroinvertebrate community of ecology of lowland, subtropical streams in Louisiana
… with a potentially strong biotic disturbance, feral swine (Sus scrofa). All data were examined with appropriate multivariate statistics. The in-stream experiment suggested similar colonization of both sizes of woody debris for 20 of 21 taxa examined. Some potential high and low dissolved oxygen …