Behavior of Wild Pigs toward Conspecific Carcasses: Implications for Disease Transmission in a Hot, Semiarid Climate

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">Fresh: has not been scavenged on or decomposed yet</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">Mildly scavenged: some skin slippage, discoloration</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">Partially scavenged: muscles and viscera exposed and/or partially consumed</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4</td><td class="align_center">Mostly scavenged: showing bones; some flesh left</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5</td><td class="align_center">Completely scavenged: flesh consumed or decomposed; mostly bones</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Wild pig decomposition scale used to determine decomposition states of wild pig carcasses after 4 aerial wild pig gunning events held in November, 2020, May, 2021, November, 2021, and June, 2022, at East Foundation’s San Antonio Viejo Ranch, South Texas.</div>

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

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Table 1: Behavior of Wild Pigs toward Conspecific Carcasses: Implications for Disease Transmission in a Hot, Semiarid Climate 