Landscape utilisation, animal behaviour and hendra virus risk

EcoHealth

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-38

  Field, H E ^a,b   Smith, C S ^a   De Jong, C E ^a   Melville, D ^a   Broos, A ^a   Kung, N ^a   Thompson, J ^c   Dechmann, D K N ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bat; Behaviour; Emerging disease; Flying fox; Hendra virus; Horse; Landscape; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; BAT; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SALIVA; TRANSMISSION; URINE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; SALIVA; URINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84944559349     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1066-8     Document Type: Article

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