Sentences with phrase «wildlife reservoirs»

Moreover, their results challenge the long - standing, but poorly substantiated view that Yersinia pestis must have had a permanent wildlife reservoir in Europe, such as the urban black rat.

To date, scientists were mainly seeking to discover long - term wildlife reservoirs of Yersinia pestis in Europe and aiming to link those with possible climatic triggers that most likely contributed to the «Black Death» that struck the Old World in mid-14th century.

We joke here that the mosquito is really the state bird instead of the beautiful Yellowhammer and we also have populations of feral dogs and coyotes that serve as wildlife reservoirs for heartworm disease.

Cornell University's Dr. Edward Dubovi emphasized that «The prospect of controlling an infectious disease in an abundant and wide - ranging wildlife reservoir is remote, particularly when there is no economic or public health justification for doing so.

The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a wild canid found in East Asia and Europe, represents a potential wildlife reservoir for zoonotic diseases.

Skunks, raccoons, foxes and coyotes are the dominant wildlife reservoirs in the United States.

«It is not likely that a new emergence from the wildlife reservoir will occur, as the genetic data say pretty strongly that this has all been caused by one emergence event.

To develop and pilot early detection of surveillance of emerging zoonoses from the wildlife reservoir through strategic sampling and metagenomic analysis.

Canine vaccinations have significantly reduced endemics of canine distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus but NOT in wildlife reservoirs.

In other parts of the country, bats, skunks and foxes are the wildlife reservoir of rabies.