Lions and prions and deer demise

Contagious prion diseases--scrapie of sheep and chronic wasting disease of several species in the deer family--give rise to epidemics that seem capable of compromising host population viability. Despite this prospect, the ecological consequences of prion disease epidemics in natural populations have...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2008-12, Vol.3 (12), p.e4019-e4019
Hauptverfasser:	Miller, Michael W, Swanson, Heather M, Wolfe, Lisa L, Quartarone, Fred G, Huwer, Sherri L, Southwick, Charles H, Lukacs, Paul M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Alces alces Animal populations Animals Biometrics Chronic wasting disease Confidence intervals Deer Deer - physiology Disease Ecology/Population Ecology Ecosystems Environmental conditions Epidemics Extinction, Biological Females Food Chain Food chains Food webs Forecasts and trends Herbivores Hunting Infection Infections Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases/Prion Diseases Life expectancy Life span Lions - physiology Medical research Mental depression Moose Natural populations Nutrient cycles Odocoileus Odocoileus hemionus Parasites Population viability Populations Predation Predatory Behavior - physiology Prevalence Prey Prion Diseases - epidemiology Prion Diseases - mortality Prion Diseases - transmission Prion Diseases - veterinary Prion protein Prions Puma Scrapie Sexes Sheep Survival Survival Analysis Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy Trends
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