New thinking required on wildlife disease
, Director of Ecological Modelling at The Environment Institute, and colleagues have recently evaluated freely available software tools that provide a realistic prediction of the spread of disease among animals. In particular, they used a combination of models to look at the possible spread of tuberculosis (TB) among feral water buffalo in the Northern Territory.
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Professor Bradshaw says ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ needs to implement tools such as those combining disease and population models to help plan the response to any potential return of TB - or other, nastier diseases, such as foot-and mouth and that much more could be done to predict the likelihood and spread of serious disease in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n wildlife and commercial stock.
Read the full ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide .
The team's work has been published in the .
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[/caption]Professor Bradshaw says ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ needs to implement tools such as those combining disease and population models to help plan the response to any potential return of TB - or other, nastier diseases, such as foot-and mouth and that much more could be done to predict the likelihood and spread of serious disease in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n wildlife and commercial stock.
Read the full ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide .
The team's work has been published in the .
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