The effects of spatially-constrained treatment regions upon a model of wombat mange.

ABSTRACT: The use of therapeutic agents is a critical option to manage wildlife disease, but their implementation is usually spatially constrained. We seek to expand knowledge around the effectiveness of management of environmentally-transmitted Sarcoptes scabiei on a host population, by studying the effect of a spatially constrained treatment regime on disease dynamics in the bare-nosed wombat Vombatus ursinus. A host population of wombats is modelled using a system of non-linear partial differential equations, a spatially-varying treatment regime is applied to this population and the dynamics are studied over a period of several years. Treatment could result in mite decrease within the treatment region, extending to a lesser degree outside, with significant increases in wombat population. However,

SUBMITTER: Hindle IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10987376 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature