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Examples of wild boar

wild boar
Subadult individuals were all black-coated wildboar whose carcass weighed <50 kg, supposedly corresponding to 13- to 24-month-old animals.
Indeed, a high specificity (94%) has been recorded in young wildboar.
Young individuals were all reddish-brown coated or strayed wildboar and were assumed to be aged <12 months.
An increase in the proportion of wildboar alleles across the genome increased length versus width of femur and reduced the prevalence of osteochondrosis.
There were big populations of larger mammals such as elk, deer, bears, wolves and wildboar.
The proportion of wildboar alleles averaged over the genome was then calculated from these probabilities.
Two mechanisms may explain the decrease of incidence in young wildboar over time.
Our third hypothesis is related to the spatial structure of wildboar populations.
Each of the three infected wildboar harboured only one larva.
Finally, hunting parties may push wildboar from their natural home range as they flee from hunters.
We hypothesize that the spatial and social structure of wildboar populations may be responsible for this variability of incidence over space.
Moreover, it has been argued that the original density of the population may be quickly re-established as a result of the high fertility of wildboar.
Significance of natural biocenoses and agrocenoses as the source of food for wildboar.
However, in the present case, using a novel statistical approach, this gastrointestinal parasite was identified as an indicator species of wildboar of more than one year of age.
Thus, besides the probable effect of wildboar social structure on incidence we also assume an effect of forest continuity by altering the connectivity among wildboar subpopulations.
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