The biology of the mongoose in the Caribbean
The biology of the mongoose in the Caribbean
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加勒比海猫鼬的生物学
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1983
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通讯作者：
C. Everard
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D. W. Nellis;C. Everard
在大多数已经定居的岛屿上，印度猫鼬比所有本土哺乳动物和引进的外来物种都更受关注。猫鼬作为捕食者和人类和动物疾病的媒介，对新热带单一岛屿生态系统产生了影响，因此具有独特的重要意义。目前对猫鼬的研究始于1968年，当时Everard被英国医学研究委员会（MRC）任命为加勒比流行病学中心（CAREC）的成员，该中心的前身是特立尼达地区病毒实验室（TRVL）。任命的条款包括研究特立尼达和格林纳达猫鼬的生物学，监测格林纳达猫鼬狂犬病，以及调查控制猫鼬狂犬病的方法。巧合的是，1968年，内利斯与美属维尔京群岛政府签约，调查非洲Bont Tick Amblyomma variegatum的野生宿主（主要关注猫鼬）。这项研究在一项关于野生动物寄生虫和与人类或牲畜有关的疾病的调查中继续进行，并作为维尔京群岛狂犬病应急计划的一部分得到了推动。在整个工作过程中，调查人员不断交流想法、意见、数据和技术。
On most of the islands on which it has become established, the small Indian mongoose has commanded more attention than all indigenous mammals and introduced exotics. As a consequence of its impact on the neotropical single island ecosystems, both as a predator and as a vector of human and animal diseases, the mongoose is uniquely significant. The present study of the mongoose was initiated in 1968 when Everard was appointed by the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC) to the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC), formerly the Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory (TRVL). The terms of the appointment included a study of the biology of the mongoose in Trinidad and Grenada, surveillance of mongoose rabies in Grenada, and an investigation of methods to control mongoose rabies. Coincidentally, in 1968 Nellis was contracted by the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands to investigate the wild hosts of the African Bont Tick Amblyomma variegatum (the mongoose being of primary concern). The study was continued in a survey of wild animal parasites and diseases of concern to man or livestock, and it gained impetus as part of the rabies contingency plan for the Virgin Islands. Throughout the course of their work, the investigators continuously exchanged ideas, opinions, data and techniques.