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Research overview: disease challenges in European wildcat conservation
OverviewThe European wildcat’s recovery is complicated by disease and hybridization stemming from contact with abundant domestic cats. This overview surveys the disease threats facing wildcats, including feli…
Research overview: disease considerations in felid rewilding and range expansion
OverviewAs conservation efforts seek to rewild felids and support natural range expansion, disease becomes a critical consideration. This overview surveys the disease dimensions of rewilding and range recover…
Research overview: disease ecology of Pallas cats and other small wild felids
OverviewSmall wild felids such as the Pallas cat, sand cat and various others have distinctive disease ecologies that are often poorly studied yet conservation-relevant. This overview surveys disease in small…
Research overview: domestic cats as a disease reservoir for wild felids
OverviewFree-roaming and feral domestic cats, vastly more numerous than their wild relatives, act as a reservoir for pathogens that can spill into endangered felids. This overview surveys the suite of disease…
Research overview: hybridization and pathogen exchange between domestic cats and European wildcats
OverviewThe European wildcat faces a dual threat from domestic cats: genetic swamping through hybridization and the exchange of pathogens that accompanies close contact. This overview surveys how interbreedin…
Research overview: lungworms of wild and domestic felids
OverviewLungworms such as Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus species infect the respiratory tracts of felids, causing coughing, respiratory distress and sometimes serious disease, particularly in…