Bat-eared fox behavioural ecology and the incidence of rabies in the Serengeti National Park.
This paper provides a brief introduction into some aspects of bat-eared fox biology and social organization that is important to understanding rabies transmission and disease management in susceptible wildlife species (Macdonald 1980; 1993). A detailed description of the effects of two rabies outbreaks on a population of known individuals in the Serengeti National Park is given, Inter- and intrasexual differences in adult mortality rates are reported and discussed.
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Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge Madingley, United Kingdom.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000821:virology; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012919:Social Behavior