<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coventry, J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Edwards, GP</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zeng, B,</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The odyssey of managing feral camels – is there an Achilles’ heel?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Australian Zoologist</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Achilles’ heel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Australia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">feral camel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vertebrate pest control</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">251-264</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Australia supports the largest free-ranging population of one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the world. The species was introduced to Australia in the mid 1800s for transport and haulage purposes. However, with adoption of mechanised transport, reliance on camels declined and many were released or abandoned to establish feral populations. In 2007, the feral population in Australia has been estimated to be around one million camels, with the number doubling every eight years. As the population of feral camels increases, so too do their negative impacts on desert ecology, cultural values and human enterprise. In this paper, we discuss camel-specific disease risk and features of the camel’s physiology, anatomy and behaviour, which could potentially be exploited as an Achilles’ heel to manage the species and its impacts in arid Australia. This discussion promotes consideration of the Achilles’ heel concept in order to improve feral camel management across Australia.</style></abstract><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DKCRC-0815</style></custom2></record></records></xml>