Poor biosecurity could lead to disease outbreaks in animal populations.

Human-mediated disease outbreaks due to poor biosecurity practices when processing animals in wild populations have been suspected. We tested whether not changing nitrile gloves between processing wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles and co-housing individuals increased pathogen transmission a...

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Main Authors: Matthew J Gray, Jennifer A Spatz, E Davis Carter, Christian M Yarber, Rebecca P Wilkes, Debra L Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5841743?pdf=render