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Researchers explore the social behavior of animals toward emerging infectious diseases – News-Medical.net
Humans are not the only social animal struggling with new infectious diseases. When Hamilton College Associate Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend began studying the social behavior of American crows, her work was complicated by West Nile virus, an emerging …
Humans are not the only social animal struggling with new infectious diseases. When Hamilton College Associate Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend began studying the social behavior of American crows, her work was complicated by West Nile virus, an emerging disease with devastating effects on crow populations.
Her research pivoted to investigating the effects of disease on crow social behavior.
It made me wonder how social animals should, in general, respond to novel diseases. Do other animal…
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