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SUBMITTER: Esson C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6567154 | biostudies-other | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Esson Carol C Skerratt Lee F LF Berger Lee L Malmsten Jonas J Strand Tanja T Lundkvist Åke Å Järhult Josef D JD Michaux Johan J Mijiddorj Tserennadmid Nadia TN Bayrakçısmith Rana R Mishra Charudutt C Johansson Örjan Ö
Infection ecology & epidemiology 20190605 1
<b>Background</b>: Snow leopards, <i>Panthera uncia</i>, are a threatened apex predator, scattered across the mountains of Central and South Asia. Disease threats to wild snow leopards have not been investigated.<b>Methods and Results</b>: Between 2008 and 2015, twenty snow leopards in the South Gobi desert of Mongolia were captured and immobilised for health screening and radio-collaring. Blood samples and external parasites were collected for pathogen analyses using enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...[more]