Environment considerations on the spread of rabies among African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) with control measures

Wildlife conservation is crucial in preventing endangered species from becoming extinct, and disease outbreaks is one of the biggest threats. Rabies is one of the devastating viruses that can almost be impossible to control once an outbreak occurs. There is no effective treatment or cure of rabies o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Mathematical methods in the applied sciences 2022-05, Vol.45 (8), p.4124-4139
Main Authors: Chapwanya, Michael, Dumani, Phindile
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal euthanasia
Dogs
dynamical systems
Endangered species
environment
Epidemics
Euthanasia
Lycaon pictus
Mathematical models
modeling rabies
Outbreaks
Qualitative analysis
Rabies
Signs and symptoms
Wildlife conservation
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Wildlife conservation is crucial in preventing endangered species from becoming extinct, and disease outbreaks is one of the biggest threats. Rabies is one of the devastating viruses that can almost be impossible to control once an outbreak occurs. There is no effective treatment or cure of rabies once symptoms show. In this work, we propose euthanasia of infected Lycaon pictus dogs as a control strategy to reduce the spread of the virus. We propose a simple deterministic SEI‐type rabies model that takes into account the contaminated environment and the euthanasia of infectious dogs to better understand the transmission and progression dynamics of the disease, as well as to seek to predict the effectiveness of this control strategy. Qualitative analysis and numerical simulations are provided to support our findings.
ISSN:0170-4214
1099-1476
DOI:10.1002/mma.7750