J.K. Veatch
R.S. Matlack
D.P. Jones
P. S. Gipson
1999
<div class="div0"><div class="row ArticleContentRow"><p id="ID0EF" class="first">Twenty feral hogs (<span class="genus-species">Sus scrofa</span>) from a newly discovered population on Fort Riley Army Base (Kansas, USA) were shot and examined from November 1993 through February 1994 to assess the health of the population. The hogs were generally healthy, although serologic evidence indicated that some individuals had been exposed to parvovirus, enterovirus, and swine influenza. We found no indications of brucellosis, pseudorabies, or porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome. Lung worms (<span class="genus-species">Metastrongylus</span><span> </span>spp.), round worms (<span class="genus-species">Ascaris suum</span>), and whipworms (<span class="genus-species">Trichuris suis</span>) were found in nine, four and two of the hogs, respectively. Seven hogs had infestations of lice (<span class="genus-species">Haematopinus suis</span>). Fence-line contacts were documented between four wild boars and domestic sows, and in three cases wild boars entered pens containing domestic sows. We recommend that hogs be examined periodically from this and other wild populations to monitor health status since new animals may enter populations through deliberate translocation, escape from shooting preserves or domestic swine producers, or dispersal from other feral populations.</p></div></div>
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Health status of a recently discovered population of feral swine in Kansas
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