Disease threats to tigers and their prey
The contraction of the global tiger population over the last 100 years into small, often isolated subpopulations has made them increasingly vulnerable to the impact of disease. Despite this, the health of wild tigers continues to be insufficiently funded and explored. For example, canine distemper v...
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| description | The contraction of the global tiger population over the last 100 years into small, often isolated subpopulations has made them increasingly vulnerable to the impact of disease. Despite this, the health of wild tigers continues to be insufficiently funded and explored. For example, canine distemper virus (CDV), has been associated with localized declines and increased risk of extinction, and yet has received little research attention in most tiger range countries. The emergence of new pathogenic threats has posed fresh challenges, including African swine fever virus (ASFV), which has the potential to devastate wild boar populations, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) with implications for tiger conservation that remain unknown. The objective of this review is to synthesize current research on the health of tigers and their prey that impacts the conservation of tigers in the wild. Published sources are interpreted based on three mechanisms through which disease can affect the viability of tiger populations: (1) by reducing the survival of adult tigers, (2) by reducing breeding productivity, and (3) by reducing the carrying capacity of tiger habitat through decreased prey abundance. Examples of CDV, SARS-CoV2, carnivore protoparvovirus 1 and ASFV are used to illustrate these processes and inform discussion of research and mitigation priorities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bbd2f10145cb46ab80e69ee054c102f72023-04-05T10:21:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2023-04-011110.3389/fevo.2023.11359351135935Disease threats to tigers and their preyMartin Gilbert0Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond1Jessica Bodgener2Jessica Bodgener3Cornell Wildlife Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United StatesCornell Wildlife Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United StatesCornell Wildlife Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United StatesDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, United KingdomThe contraction of the global tiger population over the last 100 years into small, often isolated subpopulations has made them increasingly vulnerable to the impact of disease. Despite this, the health of wild tigers continues to be insufficiently funded and explored. For example, canine distemper virus (CDV), has been associated with localized declines and increased risk of extinction, and yet has received little research attention in most tiger range countries. The emergence of new pathogenic threats has posed fresh challenges, including African swine fever virus (ASFV), which has the potential to devastate wild boar populations, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) with implications for tiger conservation that remain unknown. The objective of this review is to synthesize current research on the health of tigers and their prey that impacts the conservation of tigers in the wild. Published sources are interpreted based on three mechanisms through which disease can affect the viability of tiger populations: (1) by reducing the survival of adult tigers, (2) by reducing breeding productivity, and (3) by reducing the carrying capacity of tiger habitat through decreased prey abundance. Examples of CDV, SARS-CoV2, carnivore protoparvovirus 1 and ASFV are used to illustrate these processes and inform discussion of research and mitigation priorities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1135935/fullTiger (Panthera tigris)diseasepreycanine distemper virusAfrican swine feverhealth |
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| title | Disease threats to tigers and their prey |
| title_full | Disease threats to tigers and their prey |
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| title_short | Disease threats to tigers and their prey |
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| topic | Tiger (Panthera tigris) disease prey canine distemper virus African swine fever health |
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