Echinococcosis: control and prevention

PS Craig, D Hegglin, MW Lightowlers… - Advances in …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) has been eliminated or significantly reduced as a public
health problem in several previously highly endemic regions. This has been achieved by the …

Stop jum** the gun: a call for evidence‐based invasive predator management

TS Doherty, EG Ritchie - Conservation Letters, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Invasive mammalian predators are major drivers of species extinctions globally. To protect
native prey, lethal control is often used with the aim of reducing or exterminating invasive …

The impacts and management of foxes Vulpes vulpes in Australia

GR Saunders, MN Gentle, CR Dickman - Mammal review, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT 1 The successful introduction of the red fox Vulpes vulpes into Australia in the
1870s has had dramatic and deleterious impacts on both native fauna and agricultural …

Control of Echinococcus multilocularis: Strategies, feasibility and cost–benefit analyses

D Hegglin, P Deplazes - International journal for parasitology, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Echinococcus multilocularis, the zoonotic agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, has
considerably extended its range and became more prevalent in many parts of the endemic …

Management of wild canids in Australia: free-ranging dogs and red foxes

PJS Fleming, BL Allen, LR Allen… - … of Australia: past …, 2014‏ - books.google.com
Wild canids are widespread across most of mainland Australia. They can have major
impacts on livestock production and biodiversity values and often necessitate active …

Measuring, evaluating and improving the effectiveness of invasive predator control programs: feral cat baiting as a case study

BA Fancourt, J Augusteyn, P Cremasco, B Nolan… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Reducing the impacts of invasive predators is a key objective for conservation managers,
livestock producers and human health agencies globally. The efficacy of invasive predator …

The 'Goldilocks Zone'of predation: the level of fox control needed to select predator resistance in a reintroduced mammal in Australia

MJ Evans, WG Batson, IJ Gordon, E Belton… - Biodiversity and …, 2021‏ - Springer
A large component of the anthropogenic biodiversity crisis is the loss of animal species. In
response, there has been significant investment in reintroductions of species to their …

Human–wildlife interactions and zoonotic transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis

D Hegglin, F Bontadina, P Deplazes - Trends in parasitology, 2015‏ - cell.com
The life cycle of the zoonotic cestode Echinococcus multilocularis depends on canids
(mainly red foxes) as definitive hosts and on their specific predation on rodent species …

Not all predators are equal: a continent‐scale analysis of the effects of predator control on Australian mammals

DO Hunter, M Lagisz, V Leo, S Nakagawa… - Mammal …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Introduced predators pose threats to biodiversity and are implicated in the extinction of many
native species. In Australia, considerable effort is spent controlling populations of introduced …

Introduced red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) driving Australian freshwater turtles to extinction? A critical evaluation of the evidence

BC Chessman - Pacific Conservation Biology, 2021‏ - CSIRO Publishing
It has been asserted that introduced red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) destroy∼ 95% of nests of
freshwater turtles in south-eastern Australia, are more efficient predators of freshwater turtle …