Stochastic population models to identify optimal and cost‐effective harvest strategies for feral pig eradication by Peter W. Hamnett, Frédérik Saltré, Brad Page, Myall Tarran, Matt Korcz, Kate Fielder, Lindell Andrews, Corey J. A. Bradshaw

“…Abstract Eradicating feral pigs from island ecosystems can assist in restoring damaged biodiversity values and protect commercial industries such as agriculture. …”
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Commentary: Molecular responses in pig heart to human xenotransplantation unveiled by longitudinal multi‐omic profiling by Brendan J. Keating, Eloi Schmauch, Michael P. Snyder, Jennifer D. Motter, Brian D. Piening

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Metagenome-assembled microbial genomes (n = 3,448) of the oral microbiomes of Tibetan and Duroc pigs by Hong Hu, Ying Huang, Fuyan Yang, Liangru Ma, Junjie Zhang, Xu Deng, Nan Ma, Kunping Wang, Ye Tao, Qin Lin, Yanfei Li, Xi Bai, Hongbin Pan

“…Of the nonredundant MAGs, only 13.37% were shared, revealing the strong disparities between Tibetan and Duroc pigs. The oral microbial diversity of the Duroc pig was greater than that of the Tibetan pig. …”
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Detection of Integrase Gene in E. coli Isolated from Pigs at Different Stages of Production System by Eulalia de la Torre, Rocío Colello, Nora Lía Padola, Analía Etcheverría, Edgardo Rodríguez, Fabián Amanto, María Ofelia Tapia, Alejandro Luis Soraci

“…The aim of the present research is to investigate the presence of integrons in commensal Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains, isolated from pigs at different stages of production system and from the environment in an Argentinian farm. …”
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Nonrenewable Energy Cost and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a “Pig-Biogas-Fish” System in China by Qing Yang, Xiaofang Wu, Haiping Yang, Shihong Zhang, Hanping Chen

“…The life cycle assessment (LCA) method is used to analyze a “pig-biogas-fish” system in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome sequence analysis revealed double matrilineal components in Indian Ghoongroo pigs by Pranab Jyoti Das, Satish Kumar, Manasee Choudhury, Seema Rani Pegu, K. Meera, Rajib Deb, Sunil Kumar, Santanu Banik, Vivek Kumar Gupta

Subjects: “…Indian Ghoongroo pig…”
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Breeding for disease resilience: opportunities to manage polymicrobial challenge and improve commercial performance in the pig industry by Xuechun Bai, Graham S. Plastow

“…Genome editing to produce pigs resistant to major diseases may complement selection for disease resilience along with continued efforts in the more traditional areas of biosecurity, vaccination and treatment. …”
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Autogenerator-Based Modelling Framework for Development of Strategic Games Simulations: Rational Pigs Game Extended by Robert Fabac, Danijel Radošević, Ivan Magdalenić

“…The well-known Rational Pigs matrix game has been relatively intensively analyzed in terms of reassessment of the logic of two players involved in asymmetric situations as gluttons that differ significantly by their attributes. …”
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Impacts of different pig slurry application methods on soil quality indicators in a maize-soybean cropping sequence in the Sub-humid Pampas of Argentina by Vanesa Pegoraro, Cristian Cazorla, Omar Bachmeier, Tomás Baigorria, Mónica Boccolini, Jimena Ortiz, Claudio Lorenzon, Susana Hang, Marta Zubillaga

Subjects: “…pig slurry incorporation…”
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Prediction of Genes Related to Positive Selection Using Whole-Genome Resequencing in Three Commercial Pig Breeds by HyoYoung Kim, Kelsey Caetano-Anolles, Minseok Seo, Young-jun Kwon, Seoae Cho, Kangseok Seo, Heebal Kim

“…We obtained an average of 329,482,871 sequence reads for 24 pigs from three pig breeds: Yorkshire (n = 5), Landrace (n = 13), and Duroc (n = 6). …”
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Assessment of Factors Influencing the Implementation of Biosecurity Measures on Pig Farms in the Western Highlands of Cameroon (Central Africa) by Marc K. Kouam, Junior O. Moussala

“…The main objective of this study was to characterize pig farming and investigate factors influencing biosecurity on pig farms in the western highlands of Cameroon. …”
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Dependence of the hindgut disappearance of phosphorus in pigs on the quantity of phosphorus entering the hindgut based on a Meta-analysis by Noa Park, Beob Gyun Kim

“…The objectives of the current study were to compare the difference between standardized ileal digestibility (SID) and standardized total tract digestibility (STTD) of phosphorus (P) in pigs using published data and investigate the factors that affect the hindgut disappearance of P in pigs. …”
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Analysis of Business Cycles in the Breeding of Pigs, Cattle and Poultry and their Relationship to the Causality of Wheat and Rye Cultivation in Poland by Mateusz Mierzejewski, Magdalena Lampart

“…The article presents a study on the phenomenon of pig gaps in the perspective of pig, cattle, and poultry farming in Poland. …”
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Unusual congenital polydactyly in mini-pigs from the breeding group of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics (Novosibirsk, Russia) by S. V. Nikitin, S. P. Knyazev, V. A. Trifonov, A. A. Proskuryakova, Yu. D. Shmidt, K. S. Shatokhin, V. I. Zaporozhets, D. S. Bashur, E. V. Korshunova, V. I. Ermolaev

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The effect of ozone exposure on the release of eicosanoids in guinea-pig BAL fluid in relation to cellular damage and inflammation by H. J. M. Van Hoof, F. J. Zijlstra, H-P. Voss, I. M. Garrelds, J. A. M. A. Dormans, L. Van Bree, A. Bast

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Platelet-activating factor: an inflammatory mediator in the acute phase of allergic conjunctivitis in a guinea-pig model by F. Meijer, J. L. van Delft, N. J. van Haeringen

“…These results indicate that PAF plays a role in the acute phase of allergic conjunctivitis in the guinea-pig.…”
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MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE BIOTECHNIC SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY THE SYSTEM OF ANIMAL SYSTEM ON THE EXAMPLE OF INFRARED IRRADIATION OF PIG-REMOVAL by L. S. Gerasimovich, A. N. Kosko, A. V. Sinenkii

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Multi-omics analysis reveals interactions between host and microbes in Bama miniature pigs during weaning by Wen Ma, Li Yin, Ying Hu, Xu Liu, Zhenghong Guo, Bingyang Zhong, Haofeng Qiu, Jing Li

“…Previous research mainly focuses on commercial pigs, whereas limited information has been known about the host and gut microbe interactions in miniature pigs.MethodsTo address the issue in Bama miniature piglets that were weaned 30 days after birth, we collected samples on days 25 and 36 for metabolomics, transcriptomics, and microgenomics analysis.Results and discussionThe average daily weight gain of piglets during weaning was only 58.1% and 40.6% of that during 0-25 days and 36-60 days. …”
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Optimizing Poisson-Lindley Parameter Estimation: LQM and Reliability Analysis Applied to Guinea Pig Survival Data by Sameera Othman

“…Moreover, variance estimates for the known parameters and the related Kolmogorov–Smirnov (K–S) statistics, along with their corresponding p-values for the Poisson-Lindley Distribution (PLD), are analyzed using actual data on guinea pig survival times under various tubercle bacilli dosages. …”
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High-throughput untargeted metabolomics reveals metabolites and metabolic pathways that differentiate two divergent pig breeds by S. Bovo, M. Bolner, G. Schiavo, G. Galimberti, F. Bertolini, S. Dall’Olio, A. Ribani, P. Zambonelli, M. Gallo, L. Fontanesi

“…Comparative analyses of metabolomic profiles in purebred pigs can provide insights into the basic biological mechanisms that may explain differences in production performances. …”
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