Comparison of the Impact between Classical and Novel Strains of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on Wild Rabbit Populations in Spain
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Nationwide Effect
3.2. Regionwide Effect
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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GI.1 | GI.2 | |||||||
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Community | Slope | Std. Error | t-Value | p-Value | Slope | Std. Error | t-Value | p-Value |
Andalusia | −0.25 | 0.07 | −3.38 | 0.014 | −0.06 | 0.01 | −8.21 | 0.0001 |
Aragon | −0.01 | 0.1 | −0.95 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 10.25 | >0.0001 |
Balearic Islands | −0.24 | 0.04 | −5.34 | 0.0017 | −0.03 | 0.04 | −0.74 | 0.489 |
Valencian Community | −0.01 | 0.01 | −1.68 | 0.145 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 3.46 | 0.0134 |
Castille La Mancha | −0.09 | 0.03 | −2.75 | 0.033 | −0.003 | 0.02 | −0.19 | 0.854 |
Castille and Leon | −0.28 | 0.06 | −4.94 | 0.002 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 2.45 | 0.05 |
Catalonia | −0.06 | 0.01 | −5.51 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.784 |
Extremadura | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.95 | 0.098 | −0.18 | 0.03 | −5.26 | 0.001 |
Galicia | −0.003 | 0.02 | −0.16 | 0.876 | −0.06 | 0.04 | −1.52 | 0.178 |
La Rioja | −0.001 | 0.009 | −0.12 | 0.912 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.78 | 0.461 |
Madrid | −0.283 | 0.06 | −4.93 | 0.002 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 2.44 | 0.05 |
Navarra | −0.06 | 0.05 | −1.32 | 0.233 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.373 | 0.722 |
Basque Country | −0.13 | 0.03 | −3.99 | 0.007 | 0.72 | 0.204 | 3.54 | 0.012 |
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Santoro, S.; Aguayo-Adán, J.A.; Rouco, C. Comparison of the Impact between Classical and Novel Strains of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on Wild Rabbit Populations in Spain. Biology 2023, 12, 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12050728
Santoro S, Aguayo-Adán JA, Rouco C. Comparison of the Impact between Classical and Novel Strains of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on Wild Rabbit Populations in Spain. Biology. 2023; 12(5):728. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12050728
Chicago/Turabian StyleSantoro, Simone, Juan Antonio Aguayo-Adán, and Carlos Rouco. 2023. "Comparison of the Impact between Classical and Novel Strains of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on Wild Rabbit Populations in Spain" Biology 12, no. 5: 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12050728
APA StyleSantoro, S., Aguayo-Adán, J. A., & Rouco, C. (2023). Comparison of the Impact between Classical and Novel Strains of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on Wild Rabbit Populations in Spain. Biology, 12(5), 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12050728