Feeding Ecology Informs Parasite Epidemiology: Prey Selection Modulates Encounter Rate with Echinococcus multilocularis in Urban Coyotes

Stefano Liccioli; Carly Bialowas; Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl; Alessandro Massolo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121646

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Feeding Ecology Informs Parasite Epidemiology: Prey Selection Modulates Encounter Rate with Echinococcus multilocularis in Urban Coyotes

Stefano Liccioli,

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Carly Bialowas,

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Alessandro Massolo

* E-mail: amassolo@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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Feeding Ecology Informs Parasite Epidemiology: Prey Selection Modulates Encounter Rate with Echinococcus multilocularis in Urban Coyotes

Stefano Liccioli,
Carly Bialowas,
Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl,
Alessandro Massolo

Published: March 13, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121646

About the Authors

Stefano Liccioli

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

Carly Bialowas

Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

Alessandro Massolo

* E-mail: amassolo@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL AM. Performed the experiments: SL CB. Analyzed the data: SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: SL AM KR.

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