Health and zoonotic Infections of snow leopards Panthera unica in the South Gobi desert of Mongolia
Background: Snow leopards, Panthera uncia, are a threatened apex predator, scattered across the mountains of Central and South Asia. Disease threats to wild snow leopards have not been investigated.Methods and Results: Between 2008 and 2015, twenty snow leopards in the South Gobi desert of Mongolia...
Main Authors: | Carol Esson, Lee F. Skerratt, Lee Berger, Jonas Malmsten, Tanja Strand, Åke Lundkvist, Josef D. Järhult, Johan Michaux, Tserennadmid Nadia Mijiddorj, Rana Bayrakçısmith, Charudutt Mishra, Örjan Johansson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-01-01
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Series: | Infection Ecology & Epidemiology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2019.1604063 |
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