The effectiveness of dog population management: a systematic review

LM Smith, S Hartmann, AM Munteanu, P Dalla Villa… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Domestic dogs are abundant worldwide—as owned pets, unowned strays,
and feral animals. High numbers of free-roaming dogs can be a concern because of the …

Using contact networks to explore mechanisms of parasite transmission in wildlife

LA White, JD Forester, ME Craft - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A hallmark assumption of traditional approaches to disease modelling is that
individuals within a given population mix uniformly and at random. However, this …

Transmission dynamics of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease may lead to disease‐induced extinction

H McCallum, M Jones, C Hawkins, R Hamede… - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Most pathogens threatening to cause extinction of a host species are maintained on one or
more reservoir hosts, in addition to the species that is threatened by disease. Further, most …

The dog–human–wildlife interface: assessing the scope of the problem

ME Gompper - Free-ranging dogs and wildlife conservation, 2014 - books.google.com
Dogs are ubiquitous organisms on our planet, occurring nearly everywhere that humans
occur and in some places where humans are practically absent. Understanding the …

Dynamics of a morbillivirus at the domestic–wildlife interface: Canine distemper virus in domestic dogs and lions

M Viana, S Cleaveland… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Morbilliviruses cause many diseases of medical and veterinary importance, and although
some (eg, measles and rinderpest) have been controlled successfully, others, such as …

Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem

T Lembo, K Hampson, DT Haydon… - Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Knowledge of infection reservoir dynamics is critical for effective disease control,
but identifying reservoirs of multi‐host pathogens is challenging. Here, we synthesize …

Attitudes towards free-roaming dogs and dog ownership practices in Bulgaria, Italy, and Ukraine

LM Smith, R Quinnell, A Munteanu, S Hartmann… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Free-roaming dog population management is conducted to mitigate risks to public health,
livestock losses, wildlife conservation, and dog health and welfare. This study aimed to …

Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species

DT Haydon, DA Randall, L Matthews, DL Knobel… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
The conventional objective of vaccination programmes is to eliminate infection by reducing
the reproduction number of an infectious agent to less than one, which generally requires …

Knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) and control of rabies among community households and health practitioners at the human-wildlife interface in Limpopo National …

M Mapatse, C Sabeta, J Fafetine… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that kills more than 26,000 people each year
in Africa. In Mozambique, poverty and inadequate surveillance result in gross …

Setting the terms for zoonotic diseases: effective communication for research, conservation, and public policy

JT Shapiro, L Víquez-R, S Leopardi, A Vicente-Santos… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many of the world's most pressing issues, such as the emergence of zoonotic diseases, can
only be addressed through interdisciplinary research. However, the findings of …