Patterns of white-tailed deer movements in suburban Maryland: implications for zoonotic disease mitigation

Sharpshooting suburban white-tailed deer reduces deer–vehicle collisions

Too many deer–vehicle collisions (DVCs) are one of the primary reasons local governments implement lethal deer management programs. However, there are limited data to demonstrate that a reduction in deer (Odocoileus spp.) densities will result in a decline in DVCs. We conducted sharpshooting programs in 3 suburban communities to reduce deer numbers and to address rising DVCs. Annual or periodic...

Social affiliation and contact patterns among white-tailed deer in disparate landscapes: implications for disease transmission.

In social species, individuals contact members of the same group much more often than those of other groups, particularly for contacts that could directly transmit disease agents. This disparity in contact rates violates the assumptions of simple disease models, hinders disease spread between groups, and could decouple disease transmission from population density. Social behavior of white-taile...

Zoonotic Pathogens among White-Tailed Deer, Northern Mexico, 2004–2009

Molecular typing analysis showed that both case-patients had a monoclonal infection caused by C. diffi cile ribotype 027. Both isolates had tcdA, tcdB, and cdtB and had a deletion in tcdC (data not shown). In summary, the described severe cases of C. diffi cile infection in Chile were caused by epidemic C. diffi cile ribotype 027. One of these casepatients required urgent colectomy. These resul...

Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer: Implications for Disease Spread and Management

Few studies have evaluated the rate of infection or mode of transmission for wildlife diseases, and the implications of alternative management strategies. We used hunter harvest data from 2002 to 2013 to investigate chronic wasting disease (CWD) infection rate and transmission modes, and address how alternative management approaches affect disease dynamics in a Wisconsin white-tailed deer popul...

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