About the Authors

Sherril Phyllis Masudi

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

Affiliations Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

James Hassell

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington DC, United States of America

Elizabeth AnneJessie Cook

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Pim van Hooft

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands

Frank van Langevelde

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands

Ralph Buij

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal Ecology Group, Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen, Netherlands

Moses Yongo Otiende

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Wildlife research and Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya

Joel Winyo Ochieng

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation University of Nairobi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya

Andrea Santangeli

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal Demography and Ecology Unit, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMEDEA), Esporles, Spain

Anise Happi

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede, Nigeria

Samuel Nsikan Akpan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands, African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede, Nigeria

Lian Francesca Thomas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

lian.thomas@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.