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dc.contributor.author | Sawyers, Emma | en |
dc.contributor.author | Cox, Tarnya E | en |
dc.contributor.author | Fleming, Peter J S | en |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, Luke K P | en |
dc.contributor.author | Morris, Stephen | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-17T02:57:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-10-17T02:57:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS One, 17(7), p. 1-20 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/63497 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV), which is a calicivirus, is used as a biocontrol agent to suppress European wild rabbit populations in Australia. The transmission of RHDV can be influenced by social interactions of rabbits" however, there is a paucity of this knowledge about juvenile rabbits and the roles they may play in the transmission of RHDV. We aimed to quantify the social interactions of juvenile (< 900 g) and adult (> 1200 g) rabbits in a locally abundant population in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Twenty-six juvenile and 16 adult rabbits were fitted with VHF proximity loggers to monitor intra- and inter-group pairings. Use of multiple warrens by these rabbits was investigated using VHF base stations at nine warrens and on foot with a hand-held Yagi antenna. Juvenile rabbits were strongly interconnected with both juveniles and adults within and outside their warren of capture, and almost all juveniles were well-connected to other individuals within their own social group. Inter-group pairings were infrequent and fleeting between adults. Both juvenile and adult rabbits used multiple warrens. However, visits to warrens outside their warren of capture, particularly those within 50 m, were more common and longer in duration in juveniles than in adults. The high connectivity of juveniles within and between warrens in close proximity increases potential pathogen exchange between warrens. Therefore, juvenile rabbits could be of greater importance in lagovirus transmission than adult rabbits. The strength of juvenile rabbit inter- and intra-group pairings, and their tendency to use multiple warrens, highlight their potential to act as 'superspreaders' of both infection and immunity for lagoviruses and other pathogens with similar lifecycles. Confirmation of this potential is required through examination of disease progress and rabbit age-related immune responses during outbreaks.</p> | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS One | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Social interactions of juvenile rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and their potential role in lagovirus transmission | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0271272 | en |
dcterms.accessRights | UNE Green | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Science & Technology - Other Topics | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Multidisciplinary Sciences | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Emma | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Tarnya E | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Peter J S | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Luke K P | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Stephen | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.email | ghall20@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | pflemin7@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | alees4@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.publisher.place | United States of America | en |
local.identifier.runningnumber | e0271272 | en |
local.format.startpage | 1 | en |
local.format.endpage | 20 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 17 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 7 | en |
local.access.fulltext | Yes | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Sawyers | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Cox | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Fleming | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Leung | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Morris | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:ghall20 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:pflemin7 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:alees4 | en |
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local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:1959.11/63497 | en |
local.date.onlineversion | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Social interactions of juvenile rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and their potential role in lagovirus transmission | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Sawyers, Emma | en |
local.search.author | Cox, Tarnya E | en |
local.search.author | Fleming, Peter J S | en |
local.search.author | Leung, Luke K P | en |
local.search.author | Morris, Stephen | en |
local.open.fileurl | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/6f630b57-6577-4da3-82ca-1f01a3035f79 | en |
local.uneassociation | Yes | en |
local.atsiresearch | No | en |
local.sensitive.cultural | No | en |
local.year.available | 2022 | en |
local.year.published | 2022 | en |
local.fileurl.open | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/6f630b57-6577-4da3-82ca-1f01a3035f79 | en |
local.fileurl.openpublished | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/6f630b57-6577-4da3-82ca-1f01a3035f79 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 4104 Environmental management | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | tbd | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | External Affiliation | en |
local.profile.affiliationtype | External Affiliation | en |
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