Control wildlife pathogens too

Emerging infectious pathogens of wildlife.

The first part of this paper surveys emerging pathogens of wildlife recorded on the ProMED Web site for a 2-year period between 1998 and 2000. The majority of pathogens recorded as causing disease outbreaks in wildlife were viral in origin. Anthropogenic activities caused the outbreaks in a significant majority of cases. The second part of the paper develops some matrix models for quantifying t...

Feral Cats: Too Long a Threat to Hawaiian Wildlife

Sustainable control of zoonotic pathogens in wildlife: how to be fair to wild animals?

Wildlife may harbour infectious pathogens that are of zoonotic concern. However, culling such reservoir populations to mitigate or control the transmission of these pathogens to humans has proved disappointingly inefficient. Alternatives are still in an experimental stage of development. They include vaccination, medication, contraception and environmental manipulation, including fencing and bi...

Serosurvey of Dogs for Human, Livestock, and Wildlife Pathogens, Uganda

To the Editor: Domestic dogs live in close association with humans and livestock, participating in the transmission of diseases of zoonotic, veterinary, and conservation interest (1,2). Most households in Uganda have traditionally kept dogs for hunting and for help with herding, security, and guarding livestock. Most dogs receive no prophylactic measures (e.g., vaccinations) and roam freely; th...

Predict: surveillance and prediction for emerging pathogens of wildlife

Nowhere in the world are the health impacts from emerging diseases of wildlife more important than in developing countries, where daily work and livelihoods are highly dependent on natural resources. Many of these same countries have little to no capacity for detecting disease emergence in wildlife and domestic animals prior to spread to humans. While the linkages of human, animal, and environm...