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SUBMITTER: Franklin SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3169092 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Franklin Samuel P SP Kays Roland W RW Moreno Ricardo R TerWee Julie A JA Troyer Jennifer L JL VandeWoude Sue S
Journal of wildlife diseases 20080701 3
Transmission of pathogens from domestic animals to wildlife populations (spill-over) has precipitated local wildlife extinctions in multiple geographic locations. Identifying such events before they cause population declines requires differentiating spillover from endemic disease, a challenge complicated by a lack of baseline data from wildlife populations that are isolated from domestic animals. We tested sera collected from 12 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) native to Barro Colorado Island, Panam ...[more]