Early animal farming and zoonotic disease dynamics: modelling brucellosis transmission in Neolithic goat populations
(2017)
Journal Article
Fournié, G., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Bendrey, R. (2017). Early animal farming and zoonotic disease dynamics: modelling brucellosis transmission in Neolithic goat populations. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 160943. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160943
Zoonotic pathogens are frequently hypothesized as emerging with the origins of farming, but evidence of this is elusive in the archaeological records. To explore the potential impact of animal domestication on zoonotic disease dynamics and human infe... Read More about Early animal farming and zoonotic disease dynamics: modelling brucellosis transmission in Neolithic goat populations.