A mixed ectoparasite--microparasite model for bat-transmitted rabies
| Autor: | Luis Fernandez Lopez, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, P.C. Sallum, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, Eduardo Massad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Veterinary medicine
Rabies Cost-Benefit Analysis Cattle Diseases Ectoparasitic Infestations Biology Disease Vectors Chiroptera medicine Animals Humans Computer Simulation Bites and Stings Saliva Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ecosystem Transmission (medicine) business.industry Anticoagulants Models Theoretical medicine.disease Virology Vaccination Livestock Cattle Pest Control business Microparasite Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Theoretical population biology. 60(4) |
| ISSN: | 0040-5809 |
| Popis: | This paper considers the transmission of rabies to domestic livestock by vampire bats. Vampire bats act as ectoparasites on cattle both by ingesting a small amount of blood every night and by prolonging bleeding by the action of anticoagulant substances in their saliva. In addition to this parasitic action bats may also transmit rabies, inflicting important losses on affected herds by the inevitable mortality due to the infection. We modeled this complex interaction and we also demonstrate that bat control measures are more effective in reducing rabies prevalence and mortality by rabies than cattle vaccination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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