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The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Veterinary Research, March 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya
Published in
BMC Veterinary Research, March 2013
DOI 10.1186/1746-6148-9-46
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Authors

Lian F Thomas, William A de Glanville, Elizabeth A Cook, Eric M Fèvre

Abstract

In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. These systems allow poor farmers the opportunity to enter into livestock keeping without large capital investments. This, combined with a growing demand for pork, especially in urban areas, has led to an increase in the number of small-holder farmers keeping free range pigs as a commercial enterprise. Despite the benefits which pig production can bring to a household, keeping pigs under a free range system increases the risk of the pig acquiring diseases, either production-limiting or zoonotic in nature. This study used Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to track free range domestic pigs in rural western Kenya, in order to understand their movement patterns and interactions with elements of the peri-domestic environment.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Germany 2 1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Unknown 181 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 36 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 17%
Student > Master 29 15%
Student > Bachelor 13 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 6%
Other 31 16%
Unknown 36 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54 29%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 27 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 19 10%
Environmental Science 8 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 4%
Other 32 17%
Unknown 42 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 February 2020.
All research outputs
#2,496,977
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#162
of 3,087 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,617
of 197,120 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#1
of 39 outputs
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