Vaccination strategies to conserve the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1940-1948

  Prager, K C ^a   Woodroffe, R ^a,b   Cameron, A ^c   Haydon, D T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African wild dog; Canine distemper virus; Epidemiological model; Rabies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 79957646778     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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