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Wild Carnivore Survey of Echinococcus Species in Slovenia
Animals, 2022 Wild carnivores are definitive hosts and potential reservoirs for the tapeworm Echinococcus sp. which can cause cystic and alveolar echinococcosis. Both are considered neglected and important food-borne pandemics. This study is the first to molecularly test Slovenian wild carnivores for Echinococcus species that can cause disease in humans.
Petra Bandelj +3 more
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The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild
Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Large carnivores often impact human livelihoods and well‐being. Previous research has mostly focused on the negative impacts of large carnivores on human well‐being but has rarely considered the positive aspects of living with large carnivores.
Ugo Arbieu +5 more
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Media Framing of Financial Mechanisms for Resolving Human–Predator Conflict in Namibia [PDF]
, 2015 The decline in carnivore populations is largely exacerbated by lethal methods used to reduce livestock depredation. Financial mechanisms are designed to limit lethal control by reducing the cost of depredation. The media can affect how the general public
Rust, Niki
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Epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in felids and canids in Brazil: A brief One Health overview [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira: Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which infects animals and humans worldwide. Felids are definitive hosts that eliminate oocysts, contaminating the environment, food, and water.
Andressa F. Silva +3 more
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Impact of wild prey availability on livestock predation by snow leopards [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 An increasing proportion of the world's poor is rearing livestock today, and the global livestock population is growing. Livestock predation by large carnivores and their retaliatory killing is becoming an economic and conservation concern.
Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi +6 more
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A novel record of aardwolf Proteles cristata feeding behaviour [PDF]
, 2013 Terrestrial members of the order Carnivora show great variation in their diet; some specialising on vertebrates, invertebrates, or plant matter, whereas others are omnivores or scavengers (Bekoff et al, 1984).
MacTavish, L, Yarnell, RW
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Movement patterns and athletic performance of leopards in the Okavango Delta [PDF]
, 2018 Although leopards are the most widespread of all the big cats and are known for their adaptability, they are elusive and little is known in detail about their movement and hunting energetics.
Bertram B +12 more
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The wild dog—Africa's vanishing carnivore [PDF]
Oryx, 1991 This paper presents a synopsis of the current status and distribution of the African wild dog Lycaon pictus, outlines reasons for its decline and discusses recommendations to halt or reverse this decline. A recent review of the status of the species provides evidence that it has disappeared or is in decline throughout its range (sub-Saharan Africa ...
John H. Fanshawe +2 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Human-carnivore encounters are common where humans and wild carnivores share the same landscape. The frequency of such encounters gives insight regarding carnivore density and might correlate with human-carnivore conflict incidences.
Franco P. Mbise +5 more
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Ecological thresholds and large carnivores conservation: Implications for the Amur tiger and leopard in China [PDF]
, 2020 The ecological threshold concept describes how changes in one or more factors at thresholds can result in a large shift in the state of an ecosystem. This concept focuses attention on limiting factors that affect the tolerance of systems or organisms and
Holyoak, M, Jiang, G, Ning, Y, Qi, J
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