I'm excited to share that our publication, "Paradoxes and synergies: Optimizing management of a deadly virus in an endangered carnivore" has been published at Journal of Applied Ecology! Florida panthers are an endangered subspecies of mountain lion found only in southern Florida. Panthers are affected by the deadly virus, feline leukemia virus (FeLV), which spills over to their population from domestic cats. Panthers experienced a major outbreak of FeLV in the early 2000's and continue to be managed for this disease today. We set out to determine how we can best use limited management resources to protect panthers from this deadly virus. We found that using a combination of proactive and reactive management interventions was the most effective at limiting panther mortalities in simulated outbreaks. In addition, we found that imperfect vaccine efficacy can have unexpected consequences when too few panthers are vaccinated. Check out the press release and paper to learn more! Comments are closed.
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