The conservation relevance of epidemiological research into carnivore viral diseases in the serengeti

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 612-622

  Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Mlengeya, Titus ^b   Kaare, Magai ^a,c   Haydon, Dan ^d   Lembo, Tiziana ^a   Laurenson, M Karen ^a,f   Packer, Craig ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^c Ministry of Water and Livestock Development   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Canine distemper; Carnivore conservation; Epidemiology research; Rabies; Serengeti

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; LION; MALE; RABIES; TANZANIA; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISTEMPER; DOGS; FEMALE; LIONS; MALE; RABIES; TANZANIA; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34249010146     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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