The annual, temporal and spatial pattern of Setaria tundra outbreaks in Finnish reindeer : a mechanistic transmission model approach

• Main Authors: Haider, Najmul, Laaksonen, Sauli, Kjær, Lene J, Oksanen, Antti, Bødker, René
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2018
• Subjects: Setaria tundra; Spatio-temporal distribution; Disease outbreak; Reindeer; Finland; Microclimatic temperature; Climate change; Sodankylä; Slaughter; Kuusamo; Northern Finland; Tundra; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/263313

Abstract Background In northern Finland (Lapland), reindeer are reared as semi-domesticated animals. The region has a short summer season of 2–3 months, yet reindeer are infected with the mosquito-borne filarioid parasite Setaria tundra. The infection causes peritonitis and perihepatitis, which caus...