Optimizing dog population control strategies in Thailand using mathematical and economic modeling

• Weerakorn Thichumpa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Anuwat Wiratsudakul,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, and the Monitoring and Surveillance Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife and Exotic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

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• Saranath Lawpoolsri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Yanin Limpanont,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Weerapong Thanapongtharm,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Lauren M. Smith,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Sarawut Maneewong,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Care Center, Khao Sam Yot Town Municipality, Lopburi, Thailand

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• Wirichada Pan-ngum

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wirichada.pan@mahidol.edu

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-5359

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