MIMS Environmental/Metagenome of fecal material of pigs under indoor system
gut metagenome
Following increase in population size, urbanization and human activities, there is poor solid waste management in urban and peri-urban areas, mostly in Sub Sahara Africa. Varieties of solid wastes such as medical waste, domestic waste and industrial waste along with their associated microbes are dumped at the same place. We are witnessing high interaction between wild and domestic animals as well as people in municipal dumps. We hypothesized the municipal dumps to be the driver for the emergence of new pathogens of public health importance. We wanted to know the difference in the abundance and diversity of bacteria from pigs raised under indoor system and pigs under under free range scavenging in urban dumps. This knowledge is key towards improved livestock management and, hence mitigation of the associated public health risks.
collection_date
2013-03-01
env_biome
Fecal material
env_feature
Pigs under indoor system
env_material
Fecal material
geo_loc_name
Tanzania: Arusha
host
Sus scrofa domesticus
lat_lon
3.42 S 36.68 E
BioSampleModel
MIMS.me
BioSampleModel
MIGS/MIMS/MIMARKS.host-associated