Chronic Wasting Disease: Transmission Mechanisms and the Possibility of Harvest Management.

Chronic Wasting Disease: Transmission Mechanisms and the Possibility of Harvest Management.

We develop a model of CWD management by nonselective deer harvest, currently the most feasible approach available for managing CWD in wild populations. We use the model to explore the effects of 6 common harvest strategies on disease prevalence and to identify potential optimal harvest policies for...

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Main Authors: Alex Potapov, Evelyn Merrill, Margo Pybus, Mark A Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4786122?pdf=render

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