Study warns of risk from feline viruses to wild cats on the palm oil frontier

Mongabay
May 26, 2022, 9:35 pm195 pts
Antibody tests conducted on domestic cats and wild cats in Malaysian Borneo indicate that oil palm plantations may act as transmission sites for viruses, according to a new study. The study, carried out by researchers working with the Health at the Edge Project, which investigates wildlife parasite transmission…

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