Wild Boar Research


  1. Wild Boar in Britain
  2. Wild boar Worldwide
  3. FarmingWild Boar
  4. Feral pigs Worldwide
  5. Text Books on Wild Boar and Feral pigs

Farming Wild Boar

Booth W.D. (1988) Wild Boar Farming. State Veterinary Journal. 42 (121) 1167-175

Booth W.D. (1995) Wild boar farming in the United Kingdom IBEX Journal of Mountain Ecology 3 245-248

Kyle R. (1995) Wild Boar in Britain: A new farming enterprise. State Vet. Journ. 5 (2) 10-12

Spitz F. (1986) Current State of Wild Boar Biology. Pig News and Information 7 171-175

Feral Pigs Worldwide

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Aplet G.H., Anderson S.J. and Stone C.P. (1991) Association between feral pig disturbance and the composition of some alien plant assemblages in Hawaii Volcanoes Natonal Park Vegetatio 95 55-62

Arrington D.A., Toth L.A. and Koebel J.W. (1999) Effects of rooting be feral hogs Sus scrofa L. on the structure of a floodplain vegetation assemblage. Wetlands 19 (3) 535-544

Baber D.W. and Coblentz B.E. (1986) Density, Home Range, Habitat Use, and Reproduction in Feral Pigs on Santa Catalina Island. Journ. Mammology 67 (3) 512-525

Baber D.W. and Coblentz B.E. (1987) Diet, Nutrition and Conception in Feral Pigs on Santa Catalina Island Journal Wildlife Management 51 (2) 306-317

Barrett R.H. (1978) The Feral Hog on the Dye Creek Ranch, California. Hilgardia 46 283-355

Bayliss P. and Yeomans K.M. (1989) Distribution and Abundance of Feral Livestock in the ‘Top End’ of the Northern Territory (1985-86), and their Relation to Population Control. Austr. Wildl. Res 16 651-676

Bowman D.M.D.S. and McDonough L. (1991) Feral Pig (Sus scrofa) Rooting in a Monsoon Forest - Wetland Transition, Northern Australia Wildlife Res 18 761-765

Brown L.N. (1985) Elimination of a Small Feral Swine Population in an Urbanising Section of Central Florida. Biological Sciences 48 (2) 120-123

Caley P. (1993) Population Dynamics of Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) in a Tropical Riverine Habitat Complex. Wildl. Res. 20 625-636

Caley P. (1994) Factors Affecting the Sucess Rate of Traps for Catching Feral Pigs in a Tropical Habitat Wildl. Res. 21 287-292

Caley P. (1997) Movements, Activity Patterns and Habitat Use of Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) in a Tropical Habitat. Wildl. Res 24 77-87

Caley P. and Ottley B. (1995) The Effectiveness of Hunting Dogs for Removing Feral Pigs. Wildl. Res. 22 147-154

Challies C.N. (1975) Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) on Auckland Island: status, and effects on vegetatation and nesting sea birds. New Zeal. J. of Zoology 2 (4) 479-490

Choquenot D. and Lukins B. (1996) Effect of Pasture Availability on Bait Uptake by Feral Pigs in Australia’s Semi-arid Rangelands Wildl Res 23

Choquenot D. and Saunders G. (1993) A Comparison of Three Ageing Techniques for Feral Pigs from Subalpine and Semi-arid Habitats. Wildl. Res.20 163-171

Choquenot D., Kilgour R.J. and Lukins B.S. (1993) An Evaluation of Feral Pig Trapping. Wildl. Res. 20 15-22

Choquenot D., Lukins B and Curran G. (1997) Assessing Lamb Predation by feral pigs in Australias semi-arid rangelands. Journ. of Apll. Ecol. 34 1445-1454

Clarke C.M.H. and Dzieciolowski R.M. (1991) Feral pigs in the northern South Island, New Zealand: I. Origin, distribution and density. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 21 3 237-247

Clarke C.M.H. and Dzieciolowski R.M. (1991) Feral pigs in the northern South Island, New Zealand: II. Breed composition of present populations. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 21 3 249-260

Clarke C.M.H., Dzieciolowski R.M., Batchelor D. and Frampton C.M. (1992) A Comparison of Tooth Eruption and Wear and Sental Cementum Techniques in Age Determination of New Zealand Feral Pigs. Wildl. Res. 19 769-777

Coblentz B.E. and Baber D.W. (1987) Biology and Control of Feral Pigs on Isla Santiago, Galapagos, Ecuador. Jour. Appl. Ecol. 24 403-418

Cousse S., Janeau G., Spitz F. and Cargnelutti B. (1995) Temporal Ontogeny in the wild boar (Sus scrofa L.): A systematic point of view. IBEX Journal of Mountain Ecology 3 122-125

Dexter N. (1996) The Effect of an Intensive Shooting Exercise from a Helicopter on the Behaviour of Survivng Feral Pigs Wildlife Res. 23 435-441

Dexter N. (1999) The influence of pasture distribution, temperature and sex on home-range size of feral pigs in a semi-arid environment. Wildlife Res 26 755-762

Fletcher W.O., Creekmore T.E., Smith M.S. and Nettles V.F. (1990) A Field Trial to Determine the Feasibility of Delivering Oral Vaccines to Wild Swine Journ. of Wildl. Dis. 26 (4) 502-510

Gabor T.M., Hellgren E.C., Van Den Bussche R.A. and Silvy N.J. (1999) Demography, sociospatial behaviour and genetics of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in a semi-arid environment. J. Zool. London 247 311-322

Gibbs E.P.J. (1997) The public health riska associated with feral swine Rev. Sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz. 16 (2) 594-598

Gipson P.S., Hlavachick B. and Berger T. (1998) Range expansion by wild hogs across the central United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26 (2) 279-286

Hart K. (1979) Feral Pig Problems on the South Coast. Agri. Gazette. of New South Wales. 90 (6) 18-23

Hone J (1988) Evaluation of Methods for Ground Survey of Feral Pigs and their Sign. Acta Theriologica 33 (33) 451-465

Hone J. (1980) Effect of Feral Pig Rooting on Introduced and Native Pasture in North-Eastern New South Wales. Journ. Aust Inst Agric Science 46 (2) 130-132

Hone J. (1990) Predator-Prey Theory and Feral Pig Control, with Emphasis on Evaluation of Shooting from a Helicopter. Aust. Wildl. Res. 17 123-130

Hone J. (1992) Modelling of Poisoning for Vertabrate Pest Control with Emphasis on Poisoning Feral Pigs Ecological Modelling 62 311-327

Hone J. (1995) Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Vertabrate Pest Damage with Emphasis on Feral Pigs Journ of Applied Ecol 32 311-319

Hone J. and Atkinson B. (1983) Evaluation of Fencing to Control Feral Pig Movement Aust. Wildl. Res. 10 499-505

Hone J. and Martin W. (1998) A study of dung decay and plot size for surveying feral pigs using dung counts. Wildlife Research 25 255-260

Hone J. and Robards G.W. (1980) Feral pigs: Ecology and Control. Wool Technology and Sheepbreeding 28 (4) 7-11

Hone J. and Stone C.P. (1989) A Comparison and Evaluation of Feral Pig Management in two National Parks. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 17 419-425

Izac A.M.N. and O'Brien P. (1991) Conflict, Uncertainty and Risk in Feral Pig management: The Australian Approach. Jour. of Env. Mgmt. 32 1-18

Katahira L.K., Finnegan P. and Stone C.P. (1993) Eradicating Feral Pigs in Montane Mesic Habitat at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 21 269-274

Kotanen P. M. (1994) Effects of feral pigs on grassslands. Fremontia 22 (2) 14-17

Kotanen P.M. (1995) Responses of vegetation to a changing regime of disturbance: effects of feral pigs in a Californian coastal prairie. Ecography 18 190-199

Kurz J.C. and Marchinton R.L. (1972) Radiotelemetry Studies of Feral Hogs in South Carolina. J. of Wildl. Mgmt. 36 4 1240-1248

Lacki M.J. and Lancia R.A. (1986) Effects of wild pigs on beech growth in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Journal of Wildlife Management 50 (4) 655-659

Mackey W. (1991) The Implications of the Importation of Wild Hogs on the Northern United States. Proc. Ann. Meet. of the US Animal Health Assoc. 401-403

McIlroy J.C. (1983) The Sensitivity of Australian Animals to 1080 Poison V. The Sensitivity of Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa) to 1080 and its Implications for Poisoning Campaigns. Aust. Wildl. Res. 10 139-148

McIlroy J.C. and Gifford E.J. (1997) The ‘Judas’ Pig Technique: a Method that Could Enhance Control Programmes against Feral Pigs, Sus scrofa. Wildlife Research 24 483-491

McIlroy J.C. and Saillard R.J. (1989) The Effect of Hunting with Dogs on the Numbers and Movements of Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) and the Subsequent Success of Poisoning Exercises in Namadgi National Park. Aust. Wildl. Res. 16 353-363

McIlroy J.C., Braysher M. and Saunders G.R. (1989) Effectiveness of a Warfarin Poisoning Campaign Against Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) in Namadgi National Park, A.C.T. Aust. Wildl. Res. 16 195-202

Mitchell J. (1998) The effectiveness of aerial baiting for control of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in North Queensland. Wildlife Research 25 297-303

O’Brien P.H. (1985) The Impact of Feral Pigs on Livestock Production and Recent Developments in Control Proc. Aust Soc Anim Prod Vol 16 78-82

O'Brien P.H. and Lukins B.S. (1990) Comparative Dose Response Relationships and Acceptability of Warfarin, Brodifacoum and Phosphorus to Feral pigs. Aust. Wildl. Res. 17 101-112

Pavlov P.M. and Hone J. (1978) Damage to lambs and crops caused by feral pigs Australian Vertebrate Pest Control Conference July 1978

Pavlov P.M. and Hone J. (1982) The Behaviour of Feral Pigs, Sus scrofa, in Flocks of Lambing Ewes. Aust. Wildl. Res. 9 101-109

Peine J.D. and Farmer J.A. (1990) Wild Hog Management program at Great Smoky Mountains National Park In Davis L.R. and Marsh R.E. (Eds.) Proc 14th Vertebrate Pest Conf. Univ of Calif. 221-227

Plant J.W., Marchant R., Mitchell T.D. and Giles J.R. (1978) Neonatal Lamb Losses due to Feral Pig Predation. Aust Vet Journ 54 426-429

Saunders G. and Kay B. (1996) Movements and Home Ranges of Feral Pigs ( Sus scrofa) in Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales. Wildlife Research 23 711-719

Saunders G. and McLeod S. (1999) Predicting home range size from the body mass or population densities of feral pigs, Sus scrofa (Artiodactyla: Suidae). Australian Journal of Ecology 24 538-543

Saunders G., Kay B. and Nicol H. (1993) Factors Affecting Bait Uptake and Trapping Success for Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) in Koseiusko National Park. Wildl. Res. 20 653-665

Singer F.J. (1981) Wild Pig Populations in the National Parks. Environ. Mgmt. 5 (3) 263-270

Singer F.J., Swank W.T. and Clebsch E.E.C., (1984) Effects of Wild Pig Rooting in a Deciduous Forest. Journ. Wildl. Mgmt. 48 (2) 464-473

Sweitzer R.A. (1998) Conservation Implications of Feral Pigs in Island and Mainland Ecosystems, and a case study of feral pig expansion in California. Proc. 18th Vert. Pest Conf. (Baker R.O. and Crabb A.C. Eds) Univ. of Calif., Davis 26-34

Sweitzer R.A., Gardner I.A., Gonzales B.J., Van Vuren D and Boyce W.M. (1996) Population Densities and Disease Surveys of wild pigs in the coast ranges of central and northern California. Proc. 17th Vert. Pest Conf. (Timm R.M. and Crabb A.C.. Eds) Univ. of Calif., Davis 75-82

Taylor R.B., Hellgren E.C., Gabor T.M. and Ilse L.M. (1998) Reproduction of feral pigs in Southern Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 79 (4) 1325-1331

Vtorov I.P. (1993) Feral pig removal: Effects on soil microarthropods in a Hawaiian Rain forest. Journal of Wildlife Management. 57 (4) 875-880

Waithman J.D., Sweitzer R.A., Van Vuren D., Drew J.D., Brinkhaus A.J., Gardner I.A. and Boyce W.M. (1999) Journal of Wildlife Management 63 (1) 298-308

Wood G.W. and Barrett R.H. (1979) Status of Wild Pigs in the United States. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 7 (4) 237-246

Wood G.W. and Nick Roark D. (1980) Food Habits of Feral Hogs in Coastal South Carolina. Journ. Wildl. Manage. 44 (2) 506-511

Text books on Wild Boar and Feral Pigs

Choquenot D., McIlroy J. and Korn T. (1996) Managing Vertebrate Pests: Feral Pigs. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Goulding M.J. (2003) Wild boar in Britain. Whittet Books, Ltd. Suffolk.

Mayer J.J. and Lehr Brisbin I. (1991) Wild Pigs of the United States. Their History, Morphology and Current Status. University of Georgia Press.

Porter V. (1993) Pigs, A handbook to the Breeds of the World. Helm. Information

Tisdell C.A. (1982) Wild Pigs: Environmental Pest or Economic Resource. Pergamon Press

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