African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa

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...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Caron, Daniel Cornelis, Chris Foggin, Markus Hofmeyr, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/2/14-0864_article