Testing Different Deterrents as Candidates for Short-Term Reduction in Wild Boar Contacts—A Pilot Study
African swine fever (ASF) is a viral infection of pigs and represents a major threat to animal health and trade. Due to the high tenacity of the causative virus in carcasses of wild boar, contacts of wild boar with infectious carcasses are regarded an important driver of the so-called habitat cycle....
Main Authors: | Nicolai Denzin, Frithjof Helmstädt, Carolina Probst, Franz J. Conraths |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-11-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/11/2156 |
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