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2 summaries matching “dog” in Disease & Epidemiology on spotted-hyena
A canine distemper virus epidemic in Serengeti lions (Panthera leo)
PaperThis landmark study documented the catastrophic 1994 canine distemper virus (CDV) outbreak that killed roughly a third of the Serengeti lion population, an estimated 1,000 lions, along with leopards,…
M. Roelke-Parker, L. Munson, C. Packer, et al. · Nature · 1996
Research overview: multi-host reservoir dynamics of distemper in the Serengeti carnivore community
OverviewCanine distemper in the Serengeti circulates not in a single species but across a community of carnivores including domestic dogs, jackals, hyenas and big cats. This overview examines research untangl…