African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa

We report on the long-distance movements of subadult female buffalo within a Transfrontier Conservation Area in Africa. Our observations confirm that bovine tuberculosis and other diseases can spread between buffalo populations across national parks, community land, and countries, thus posing a risk...

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Autores principales: Caron, Alexandre, Cornelis, Daniel, Foggin, Chris, Hofmeyr, Markus, de Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.140864
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author Caron, Alexandre
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spelling pubmed-47345102016-02-11 African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa Caron, Alexandre Cornelis, Daniel Foggin, Chris Hofmeyr, Markus de Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report on the long-distance movements of subadult female buffalo within a Transfrontier Conservation Area in Africa. Our observations confirm that bovine tuberculosis and other diseases can spread between buffalo populations across national parks, community land, and countries, thus posing a risk to animal and human health in surrounding wildlife areas. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4734510/ /pubmed/26812531 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.140864 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Caron, Alexandre
Cornelis, Daniel
Foggin, Chris
Hofmeyr, Markus
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African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa
title African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa
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title_fullStr African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa
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title_short African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa
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topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.140864
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