title: African Buffalo Movement and Zoonotic Disease Risk across Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Southern Africa.
abstract: We report on the long-distance movements of subadult female buffalo within a Transfrontier Conservation Area in Africa. Our observations confirm that bovine tuberculosis and other diseases can spread between buffalo populations across national parks, community land, and countries, thus posing a risk to animal and human health in surrounding wildlife areas.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cornelis
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foggin
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofmeyr
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Garine-Wichatitsky
mesh_terms: D000353:Africa, Southern; D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Africa; African buffalo; Rift Valley fever; South Africa; Transfrontier Conservation Areas; Zimbabwe; bovine tuberculosis; brucellosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; viruses; zoonoses
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