Diseases at the Wildlife - Livestock Interface: Research and Perspectives in a Changing World (Wildlife Research Monographs, 3) 1st ed. 2021 Edition

Understanding Disease Dynamics at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface

This book addresses the critical issue of shared diseases among wildlife, livestock, and humans, which are of growing relevance to public health and the global economy. It highlights that spillover disease risks are higher today than in the past due to increasing close contact and interactions among these populations. The book aims to fill knowledge gaps by bringing multidisciplinary studies of animal interfaces to the forefront to inform managers and policymakers.

Key Features

• Ecological and Epidemiological Concepts: The first part of the book illustrates and discusses ecological and epidemiological concepts related to the interfaces, with a vision toward socio-ecological system health.
• Global Perspectives: The second part discusses the myriad of similar and differing wildlife-livestock interfaces found around the world from a regional point of view.
• Assessing Transmission: The third part focuses on how to assess the spatial and temporal overlap between livestock and wildlife, and presents new technical innovations on how inter-transmissions can be quantified.
  
  
• Modeling Approaches: It presents an overview of main modeling approaches available to quantify multi-host disease transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface.
• Interdisciplinary Approaches: The book emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary approaches to promote wildlife–livestock coexistence.
• Future Directions: The concluding chapter presents perspectives and directions for better understanding disease dynamics at the wildlife/livestock interface, global change, and implications for the future.