Abundance, survival, recruitment and effectiveness of sterilization of free-roaming dogs: A capture and recapture study in Brazil.

The existence of free-roaming dogs raises important issues in animal welfare and in public health. A proper understanding of these animals' ecology is useful as a necessary input to plan strategies to control these populations. The present study addresses the population dynamics and the effecti...

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Main Authors: Vinícius Silva Belo, Claudio José Struchiner, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira Neto, Gabriel Barbosa Tonelli, Clóvis Gomes de Carvalho Júnior, Renata Aparecida Nascimento Ribeiro, Eduardo Sérgio da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5665538?pdf=render