The use of radio-collars for monitoring wildlife diseases: A case study from Iberian ibex affected by Sarcoptes scabiei in Sierra Nevada, Spain

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alasaad, Samer ^a   Granados, José E ^b   Fandos, Paulino ^c   Cano Manuel, Francisco Javier ^b   Soriguer, Ramón C ^a   Pérez, Jesús M ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada   (Spain)

^c Consejería de Medio Ambiente ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capra pyrenaica; Disease control; GPS GSM radio collars; Sarcoptic mange

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; GOAT; IBERIAN IBEX; MONITOR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RADIO COLLAR; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SARCOPTIC MANGE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL TIME; TELEMETRY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 84882313287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-242     Document Type: Article

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