Study: Ungulates could spread RODS

[MyManao]

Getting rid of the goats, sheep and pigs won't really help except to stop the hunters..

Actually, from my experience, I'd speculate that the larger mammals of our forests do more damage, would spread RODS more efficiently, through the damage they do to the trees themselves by breaking the bark's barrier, and damage to the plants roots. As such, even if we acknowledge as you say, it's on the wind, it's the weight and behavior of the Ungulates that exacerbates the situation. So much so that they become a primary factor in its spread.