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- Title
Susceptibility to infection and immune response in insular and continental populations of Egyptian vulture: implications for conservation.
- Authors
Gangoso, Laura; Grande, Juan M; Lemus, Jesús A; Blanco, Guillermo; Grande, Javier; Donázar, José A
- Abstract
A generalized decline in populations of Old World avian scavengers is occurring on a global scale. The main cause of the observed crisis in continental populations of these birds should be looked for in the interaction between two factors -- changes in livestock management, including the increased use of pharmaceutical products, and disease. Insular vertebrates seem to be especially susceptible to diseases induced by the arrival of exotic pathogens, a process often favored by human activities, and sedentary and highly dense insular scavengers populations may be thus especially exposed to infection by such pathogens. Here, we compare pathogen prevalence and immune response in insular and continental populations of the globally endangered Egyptian vulture under similar livestock management scenarios, but with different ecological and evolutionary perspectives.
- Publication
PloS one, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 7, pe6333
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0006333