Florida Man Eats Feral Pig, Gets Hospitalized With Rare Infection
Only around 100 cases of brucellosis are reported annually in the U.S., even fewer of which involve feral pigs.
Florida man eats feral pig meat, contracts rare biothreat bacteria
In the US, there are only about 80 to 140 brucellosis cases reported each year, and they're mostly caused by B. melitensis and B. abortus. People tend to get infected by eating raw (unpasteurized) ...
Summer and sex raise feral pig disease risk
Research from the University of Queensland has found the sex of feral pigs and seasonal conditions are likely to intensify ...
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A critical look at wild pig elimination: myths and facts
Anderson, S. J., and C. P. Stone. 1993. Snaring to control feral pigs Sus scrofa in a remote Hawaiian rain Forest. Biological Conservation 63:195-201. Barrett, R. H., and C. P. Stone. 1993. Hunting as ...
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Close encounters of the feral swine
Hess, S. C., N. H. Wehr, and C. M. Litton. 2020. Wild pigs in the Pacific Islands. Pages 403-421 in K. C. VerCauteren, J. C. Beasley, S. S. Ditchkoff, J. J. Mayer, G ...