Canine rabies in Australia: Modelling spread through the landscape

Jessica Sparkes; Guy-Anthony Ballard; Gerhard Koertner; Peter Fleming; Wendy Brown

Canine rabies in Australia: Modelling spread through the landscape

Jessica Sparkes, Guy-Anthony Ballard, Gerhard Koertner, Peter Fleming, Wendy Brown

School of Environmental & Rural Science

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Introduction: Canine rabies, a fatal viral zoonosis, is now less than 300 kilometres from Indonesian archipelago. To respond to this imminent threat, we need to model how rabies will spread through Australian ecosystems, to develop effective rabies management plans. This will improve our chances of minimising reaction times and containing outbreaks. Aims: To quantify contact rates, abundance, population turnover and dog bite frequency, in order to inform models of canine rabies spread. This is essential for identifying critical control points.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Zoonoses 2014: Australian Society for Infectious Diseases Zoonoses Conference - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 25 Jul 2014 → 26 Jul 2014

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Conference	Zoonoses 2014: Australian Society for Infectious Diseases Zoonoses Conference
City	Brisbane, Australia
Period	25/07/14 → 26/07/14

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Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens)
Behavioural Ecology
Animal Management

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