Title: Do predators keep prey healthy or make them sicker? A meta-analysis
Short Title: Testing the healthy herds hypothesis
Article Type: Letter
Authors: Robert L. Richards1,2*, John M. Drake1,2, Vanessa O. Ezenwa1,2,3
1Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, 140 E. Green Street, Athens, GA, 30602
2Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, 203 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA, 30602
3Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 501 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA, 30602
* Corresponding author: Odum School of Ecology, 140 E. Green Street, Athens, GA, 30602; Phone: 617-312-4802; e-mail: