Hyper-IgM (HIGM) Syndrome. Definition of HIGM Syndrome. As the name suggests, people with hyper-IgM (HIGM) syndrome have an excess of IgM and reduced levels of other immunoglobulins, including IgG and IgA. This happens because the body cannot change production of IgM to other antibodies.
Wild Boar. Wild Boar Classification and Evolution. The Wild Boar is a species of Wild Pig, native to the forests of Europe, north-west Africa and it is also found throughout Asia. The Wild Boar has an extremely wide distribution with the number of estimated Wild Boar subspecies ranging from 4 to 25. Naturally...
Basically, two types of Sus scrofa, Eurasian wild boar and domestic swine, were introduced into the United States. Because these two types are conspecifics, wherever both of them were found together in the wild, interbreeding occurred. As a result, there are now three general types of wild hogs present in this country (Fig. 1).