The miniature swine (Sus scrofa) is a desirable model for certain electrophysiological studies because of its large brain, ready availability and low cost. We report our findings regarding the location of the auditory and somatosensory cortices obtained by cortical surface evoked potential mapping. Data were collected from 11 animals under general endotracheal anesthesia. Consistent positive po...

Hacking trauma is often encountered in forensic cases, but little experimental research has been conducted that would allow for the recognition of wounds caused by specific weapon types. In this paper, we report the results of a hacking trauma caused by machete, cleaver, and axe weapons and the characteristics of each weapon type on bone. Each weapon type was employed in multiple trials on pig ...

The trematode Alaria alata is a cosmopolite parasite found in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), the main definitive host in Europe. In contrast only few data are reported in wild boars (Sus scrofa), a paratenic host. The aim of this paper is to describe the importance and distribution of Alaria alata mesocercariae in wild boars, information is given by findings of these larvae during Trichinella manda...

Serum samples collected from Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus; n=472), fallow deer (Dama dama; n=293) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa; n=174) in Asturias, Northern Spain, from 1999 to 2005 were examined for antibodies against a reference panel of 14 Leptospira spp. serovars. Positive antibody titres at a microscopic agglutination test cut-off of 1:80 were detected against serovars...

Figure 1: Evolutionary tree for man, mouse, and pig. In the following we describe a pilot project for exploring the evolutionary relationship between man Homo sapiens, mouse Mus musculus, and pig Sus scrofa. By aligning piggenome contigs on the human and mouse genome, and construct triple-alignments between the three species, our ultimate goal is to gain insight into the evolutionary history of...

The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii was surveyed in wild boars (Sus scrofa leucomystax) and domiciled cats obtained in various areas of Amakusa Island, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The antibody titers against T. gondii were measured with a latex agglutination test. Among specimens taken from 90 wild boars, 1 (1.1%) was positive and 3 (3.3%)were doubtfully positive. Among the specimens from 50 ca...

The lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTβR) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor family of receptors (TNFR). It plays a role in regulating lymphoid organogenesis and homeostasis of the immune system. In the present study, the full coding region of a putative LTβR gene of Sus scrofa was amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and cloned for the first time (accession No...

We established an automated screening method to characterize adhesion of Escherichia coli to intestinal porcine epithelial cells (IPEC-J2) and their probiotic activity against infection by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). 104 intestinal E. coli isolates from domestic pigs were tested by PCR for the occurrence of virulence-associated genes, genes coding for resistances to antimicrobial agents an...

Between 1985 and 2008, a total of 102,387 wild boar sera originating from Eastern Germany covering an area of 108 589 km2 were tested for the presence of Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV)-specific antibodies. From 1985 until 1991 and from 1992 until 2008, wild boar sera were exclusively investigated using either conventional seroneutralization assays (n=39 621) or commercial gB and full antigen EL...

INTRODUCflON Paneth cells, normally occurring as a small group or as isolated cells in the deepest part of the duodenal crypts of Lieberkiihn, have traditionally been described as absent in the crypts of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758), by such authors as Trautmann & Fiebiger (1952), Krolling & Grau (1960) and Creamer (1967). This erroneous concept has even been perpetuated in rec...