Habitat selection by free-roaming domestic dogs in rabies endemic countries in rural and urban settings

Abstract Domestic dogs can affect human health through bites and pathogen transmission, particularly in resource-poor countries where dogs, including owned ones, predominantly roam freely. Habitat and resource selection analysis methods are commonplace in wildlife studies but have not been used to i...

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Main Authors: Laura Cunha Silva, Brian Friker, Charlotte Warembourg, Kaushi Kanankege, Ewaldus Wera, Monica Berger-González, Danilo Alvarez, Salome Dürr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25038-z