Title |
The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya
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Published in |
BMC Veterinary Research, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-6148-9-46 |
Pubmed ID | |
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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Kenya | 3 | 38% |
Australia | 1 | 13% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 2% |
Germany | 2 | 1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 181 | 96% |
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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 % |
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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% |