African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emerging infectious diseases
دوره 22 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016