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  • Context-dependent conservation responses to emerging wildlife diseases

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    Langwig, Kate E
    Voyles, Jamie
    Wilber, Mark Q
    Frick, Winifred F
    Murray, Kris A
    Bolker, Benjamin M
    Collins, James P
    Cheng, Tina L
    Fisher, Matthew C
    Hoyt, Joseph R
    Lindner, Daniel L
    McCallum, Hamish I
    Puschendorf, Robert
    Rosenblum, Erica Bree
    Toothman, Mary
    Willis, Craig KR
    Briggs, Cheryl J
    Kilpatrick, A Marm
    Griffith University Author(s)
    McCallum, Hamish
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Emerging infectious diseases pose an important threat to wildlife. While established protocols exist for combating outbreaks of human and agricultural pathogens, appropriate management actions before, during, and after the invasion of wildlife pathogens have not been developed. We describe stage-specific goals and management actions that minimize disease impacts on wildlife, and the research required to implement them. Before pathogen arrival, reducing the probability of introduction through quarantine and trade restrictions is key because prevention is more cost effective than subsequent responses. On the invasion front, ...
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    Emerging infectious diseases pose an important threat to wildlife. While established protocols exist for combating outbreaks of human and agricultural pathogens, appropriate management actions before, during, and after the invasion of wildlife pathogens have not been developed. We describe stage-specific goals and management actions that minimize disease impacts on wildlife, and the research required to implement them. Before pathogen arrival, reducing the probability of introduction through quarantine and trade restrictions is key because prevention is more cost effective than subsequent responses. On the invasion front, the main goals are limiting pathogen spread and preventing establishment. In locations experiencing an epidemic, management should focus on reducing transmission and disease, and promoting the development of resistance or tolerance. Finally, if pathogen and host populations reach a stable stage, then recovery of host populations in the face of new threats is paramount. Successful management of wildlife disease requires risk-taking, rapid implementation, and an adaptive approach.
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    Journal Title
    Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
    Volume
    13
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1890/140241
    Copyright Statement
    © 2015 Ecological Society of America. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Ecology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/125139
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