Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-dh8gc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-08T00:30:22.464Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

5 - Animal Disease and Conservation Translocations

from Part II - Conservation Translocations: The Key Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2022

By
Anthony W. Sainsbury  and
Claudia Carraro
Edited by
Martin J. Gaywood ,
John G. Ewen ,
Peter M. Hollingsworth  and
Axel Moehrenschlager
Foreword by
Razan Al Mubarak
Martin J. Gaywood
Affiliation:
University of the Highlands and Islands
John G. Ewen
Affiliation:
Zoological Society of London
Peter M. Hollingsworth
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Axel Moehrenschlager
Affiliation:
IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
Get access

Summary

Disease outbreaks may be a threat to the outcome of conservation translocations, and disease risk analysis is best completed before translocation. Disease risk analysis is hampered by knowledge of the full complement and pathogenicity of parasites harboured by wild animals.

Keywords

disease risk analysishealthpathogenparasitedisease risk managementinfectious diseasenon-infectious diseasedisease surveillancerisk assessment
Type
Chapter
Information
Conservation Translocations , pp. 149 - 179
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×