Impacts of wildlife baiting and supplemental feeding on infectious disease transmission risk: A synthesis of knowledge

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-363

  Sorensen, Anja ^a   van Beest, Floris M ^a,b   Brook, Ryan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Baiting; Bovine tuberculosis; Chronic wasting disease; Elk; Vaccination; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BAITING; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; VACCINATION; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BAITING; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; ELK; VACCINATION; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MAMMALS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84893927280     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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