We're shooting at the right bug? Rethinking how to prioritize an infectious disease's threat to the health and conservation of wild carnivores, canine parvovirus and canine distemper as examples

Abstract

Members of the order Carnivora are often identified as threatened by infectious agents. We propose that the wildlife managers need categorizes the importance of infectious diseases in wild carnivores based in scientific... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Ezequiel Hidalgo (Parque Zoologico Buin Zoo)
  2. Rodrigo Salgado (Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile)
  3. Consuelo Vega (Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile)
  4. Rocio Lagos (Universidad Andres Bello)

Topic Areas

Topics: Conservation/Sustainability , Topics: Infectious Disease , Topics: Terrestrial Mammals

Session

MON-PS » Poster Session & Break (09:50 - Monday, 1st August, Main Lobby)