abundance of bushpigs, facilitating interactions with free ranging domestic pigs in the vicinity20,55,66,67 The dependence on forest for cover is common to many other wild Suidae including wild boar in Europe68,69, giant forest-hog in West and Central Africa70, and in East and Southern ...
23. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an important part of adaptive and innate immunity in vertebrates29and has been studied comprehensively in model species including the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) and humans30,31,32,33. Genetic diversity in this genomic region...