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The importance of disease management programmes for wildlife conservation

The importance of disease management programmes for wildlife conservation The unprecedented rate of disease emergence across the globe has raised concern among conservationists. Within the last decades there have been many examples of infectious disease‐driven mortality of endangered populations, including the chytridiomycosis panzootic in amphibians and morbillivirus infections in marine mammals. These and other events have provided evidence that disease may pose a significant threat to biodiversity (reviewed in Smith, Acevedo‐Whitehouse & Pedersen, 2009 ) and have highlighted the need for control programmes at different levels, from preventing a disease from being introduced or controlling an already‐present disease, to completely eradicating the disease ( Wobeser, 2002 ). Programmes aimed at lowering transmission by vaccination or by limiting contact with domestic animals might considerably reduce the risk of disease‐related mortality for endangered populations ( Pedersen ., 2007 ). Lamentably, few such programmes have been fully implemented as part of conservation plans, partly because there is still limited data available to assess disease risks for many wildlife populations; and partly because the required interventions are costly and, in many cases, logistically impractical. As a result, it is difficult to assess the efficacy of disease management measures and determine whether it is necessary, feasible and affordable to develop and implement http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Animal Conservation Wiley

The importance of disease management programmes for wildlife conservation

Acevedo‐Whitehouse, K.
Animal Conservation , Volume 12 (3) – Jun 1, 2009
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Wiley
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© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 The Zoological Society of London
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1367-9430
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1469-1795
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10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00266.x
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Abstract

The unprecedented rate of disease emergence across the globe has raised concern among conservationists. Within the last decades there have been many examples of infectious disease‐driven mortality of endangered populations, including the chytridiomycosis panzootic in amphibians and morbillivirus infections in marine mammals. These and other events have provided evidence that disease may pose a significant threat to biodiversity (reviewed in Smith, Acevedo‐Whitehouse & Pedersen, 2009 ) and have highlighted the need for control programmes at different levels, from preventing a disease from being introduced or controlling an already‐present disease, to completely eradicating the disease ( Wobeser, 2002 ). Programmes aimed at lowering transmission by vaccination or by limiting contact with domestic animals might considerably reduce the risk of disease‐related mortality for endangered populations ( Pedersen ., 2007 ). Lamentably, few such programmes have been fully implemented as part of conservation plans, partly because there is still limited data available to assess disease risks for many wildlife populations; and partly because the required interventions are costly and, in many cases, logistically impractical. As a result, it is difficult to assess the efficacy of disease management measures and determine whether it is necessary, feasible and affordable to develop and implement

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Animal Conservation – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 2009

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