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Pathways to recover Asian wild pigs from African swine fever
Abstract Emerging infectious diseases are an increasingly important driver of biodiversity loss. African swine fever (ASF) exemplifies this threat. Since 2018, this highly virulent virus has spread rapidly across Asia, causing near-total mortality in immunologically naive suid populations.
Conservation Efforts in Assam's Grasslands
This tiny hog may not be your usual neighbourhood porcine resident. Pygmy hog or Porcula salvania, as scientists have named it, is the smallest and rarest species of wild pig: just 60-65 cm long, 25 cm high and, in the case of adult males, a mere 8-9 kg heavy. Compared with a wild boar, it is 10 to 15 times less bulky, with a more streamlined body to match. Small they may be, pygmy hogs are crucial to the ecosystems they inhabit.
HT Syndication: A little pig goes a long way
Posted On: 2026-01-24 Posted By: Parag Jyoti Deka Health & Lifestyle Education Cities Down to Earth India, Jan. 24 -- This tiny hog may not be your usual neighbourhood porcine resident. Pygmy hog or Porcula salvania, as scientists have named it, is the smallest and rarest species of wild pig: just 60-65 cm long, 25 cm high and, in the case of adult males, a mere 8-9 kg heavy. Compared with a wild boar, it is 10 to 15 times less bulky, with a more streamlined body to match.
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Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs
This undated photo provided by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in July 2020 shows an adult male pygmy hog in India. Pygmy hogs are among the few mammals — and the only pig — that build elaborate nests out of dried grass to live in families of four and five year around. Parag Deka AP NEW DELHI Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown. Not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first outbreak of African swine fever in India.
Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs
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