The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review
The control of diseases shared with wildlife requires the development of strategies that will reduce pathogen transmission between wildlife and both domestic animals and humans. This review describes and criticizes the options currently applied and attempts to forecast wildlife disease control in th...
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author | Christian eGortazar Iratxe eDiez-Delgado Iratxe eDiez-Delgado Jose Angel Barasona Joaquin eVicente Jose ede la Fuente Jose ede la Fuente Mariana eBoadella |
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description | The control of diseases shared with wildlife requires the development of strategies that will reduce pathogen transmission between wildlife and both domestic animals and humans. This review describes and criticizes the options currently applied and attempts to forecast wildlife disease control in the coming decades. Establishing a proper surveillance and monitoring scheme (disease and population wise) is the absolute priority before even making the decision as to whether or not to intervene. Disease control can be achieved by different means, including: (1) preventive actions, (2) arthropod vector control, (3) host population control through random or selective culling, habitat management or reproductive control, and (4) vaccination. The alternative options of zoning or no-action should also be considered, particularly in view of a cost/benefit assessment. Ideally, tools from several fields should be combined in an integrated control strategy. The success of disease control in wildlife depends on many factors, including disease ecology, natural history and the characteristics of the pathogen, the availability of suitable diagnostic tools, the characteristics of the domestic and wildlife host(s) and vectors, the geographical spread of the problem, the scale of the control effort and stakeholders’ attitudes. |
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spelling | doaj.art-f867f8da0a384a4fb06bad0a7ad600052022-12-22T02:13:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692015-01-01110.3389/fvets.2014.00027119692The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a reviewChristian eGortazar0Iratxe eDiez-Delgado1Iratxe eDiez-Delgado2Jose Angel Barasona3Joaquin eVicente4Jose ede la Fuente5Jose ede la Fuente6Mariana eBoadella7SaBio (Health and Biotechnology), IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM),SaBio (Health and Biotechnology), IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM),Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de MadridSaBio (Health and Biotechnology), IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM),SaBio (Health and Biotechnology), IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM),SaBio (Health and Biotechnology), IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM),Oklahoma State UniversitySABIOtec spin-offThe control of diseases shared with wildlife requires the development of strategies that will reduce pathogen transmission between wildlife and both domestic animals and humans. This review describes and criticizes the options currently applied and attempts to forecast wildlife disease control in the coming decades. Establishing a proper surveillance and monitoring scheme (disease and population wise) is the absolute priority before even making the decision as to whether or not to intervene. Disease control can be achieved by different means, including: (1) preventive actions, (2) arthropod vector control, (3) host population control through random or selective culling, habitat management or reproductive control, and (4) vaccination. The alternative options of zoning or no-action should also be considered, particularly in view of a cost/benefit assessment. Ideally, tools from several fields should be combined in an integrated control strategy. The success of disease control in wildlife depends on many factors, including disease ecology, natural history and the characteristics of the pathogen, the availability of suitable diagnostic tools, the characteristics of the domestic and wildlife host(s) and vectors, the geographical spread of the problem, the scale of the control effort and stakeholders’ attitudes.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2014.00027/fullPopulation ControlVaccinationMonitoringvector controlShared infectionsZoning |
spellingShingle | Christian eGortazar Iratxe eDiez-Delgado Iratxe eDiez-Delgado Jose Angel Barasona Joaquin eVicente Jose ede la Fuente Jose ede la Fuente Mariana eBoadella The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review Frontiers in Veterinary Science Population Control Vaccination Monitoring vector control Shared infections Zoning |
title | The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review |
title_full | The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review |
title_fullStr | The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review |
title_full_unstemmed | The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review |
title_short | The wild side of disease control at the wildlife-livestock-human interface: a review |
title_sort | wild side of disease control at the wildlife livestock human interface a review |
topic | Population Control Vaccination Monitoring vector control Shared infections Zoning |
url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2014.00027/full |
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