African Pride Safaris Travel Guidebook

Wild African Suidae, such as the common warthog and the bushpig have been experimentally contaminated (Everett et al., 2011, Gers et al., 2011). The Suidae and Tayassuidae live on all continents except Antarctica. True wild boars were indigenous to Europe and Asia and are the ancestors to the home pig; with whom they share the same scientific name Sus scrofa. Wild boars have been launched to the Americas and lots of islands. Because of the close genetic relationship, in many areas they’ve interbred with home pigs and formed considerable populations of feral suids that represent wild boar and feral pig crosses. Wild suid populations are comparatively hardy and most illness research has been centered on their potential as a reservoir for illnesses of concern for business pig manufacturing.