Disentangling the link between supplemental feeding, population density, and the prevalence of pathogens in urban stray cats.
Jusun HwangNicole L GottdenkerDae-Hyun OhHo-Woo NamHang LeeMyung-Sun ChunPublished in: PeerJ (2018)
Our findings suggest that in addition to influencing the PD, supplemental feeding may affect the prevalence of pathogens in urban animals by mechanisms such as increased aggregation and/or altered foraging strategies, with different consequences depending on the transmission mode of each pathogen.