Disentangling the link between supplemental feeding, population density, and the prevalence of pathogens in urban stray cats

Background Supplemental feeding of free-roaming animals, including wildlife and feral or stray animals, is well known to have a substantial impact on various aspects of animal ecology including habitat use, activity patterns, and host-pathogen interactions. Among them, an increased population densit...

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Main Authors: Jusun Hwang, Nicole L. Gottdenker, Dae-Hyun Oh, Ho-Woo Nam, Hang Lee, Myung-Sun Chun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4988.pdf