CSF in wild boar

English translation: classical swine fever in wild boar

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English term or phrase:classical swine fever (CSF) in wild boar | wild boars
Selected answer:classical swine fever in wild boar
Entered by: David Russi

23:58 Nov 29, 2008
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Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: CSF in wild boar
"Classical swine fever in wild boar" or "Classical swine fever in wild boars"

"wild boar" or "wild boars"

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Sandra
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classical swine fever in wild boar
Explanation:
It just sounds better in the sigular.


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Note added at 32 mins (2008-11-30 00:31:37 GMT)
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O course it should be plural "in wild boars", but it sounds odd, at least to my ears...
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David Russi
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4 +4classical swine fever in wild boar
David Russi
5 -1CSF in wild pigs
Gary D
Summary of reference entries provided
collective nouns
Melzie

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csf in wild boar
classical swine fever in wild boar


Explanation:
It just sounds better in the sigular.


Results 1 - 10 of about 1,670 for "Classical swine fever in wild boar". (0.23 seconds)

Results 1 - 10 of about 279 for "Classical swine fever in wild boars". (0.26 seconds)

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-11-30 00:31:37 GMT)
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O course it should be plural "in wild boars", but it sounds odd, at least to my ears...

David Russi
United States
Local time: 05:09
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taña Dalglish: "Boar" definitely sounds 100% better to my ears ... http://diccionario.reverso.net/ingles-cobuild/boar. Saludos.
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agree  Demi Ebrite
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agree  Melzie: though I'm not keen on using google as the only proof.
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agree  chaman4723
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
csf in wild boar
CSF in wild pigs


Explanation:
It has to be "CSF in wild pigs," as a boar is a male pig, and CSF is carried by both the boar and the sow
Unless of course it is just a paper on wild Boars, where then it will be
"CSF in wild Boars" plural as there is more than one boar with CSF.


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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-11-30 10:31:10 GMT)
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A boar has tusks and a sow doesn't In America wild pigs come under the collective of Hogs. In Australia they are "Wild Pigs" or "Feral Pigs"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-11-30 10:34:58 GMT)
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http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=CFS in Feral P...

(Committee Hansard [16/05/07] p81) Mr Ellis from the CFS talked about how ... the Board's pig control program however it is known that feral pigs have been ...
www.parliament.sa.gov.au/San/public/{3AADABAF-3603-45D5-B93... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages -

Gary D
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Melzie: not the same animal and boar is a collective noun.
8 hrs
  -> A boar has tusks and a sow doesn't In America wild pigs come under the collective of Hogs. In Australia they are "Wild Pigs" or "Feral Pigs"
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Reference comments


10 hrs
Reference: collective nouns

Reference information:
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml

Boar is a noun that, besides a regular 's' plural, has a plural form that is identical to the singular form and has a collective meaning. Another example of this is horse.

Melzie
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