Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers 18791935

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• Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie"
  until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
  (1879-1935) 

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Ecohealth

• Nexus of
• Animal
• Environmental
• Public health

Cauldron Earth
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Goals

• Comprehend the challenge of wildlife diseases in
  the context of global development.
• Define and operationalise the concept of
  ecohealth

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Wildlife Diseases Ecohealth

• EcoHealth 101 Environmental Change and Our Health
• OIE - World organisation for animal health
• Consortium for Conservation Medicine
• WCS Animal Health for the Environment and
  Development
• Wildlife Disease Association Homepage
• World Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
• IUCN-Veterinary Specialist Group

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Disease pestilence through history

• Black Death (bubonic plague)
• Hantavirus
• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• Smallpox
• Spanish flu
• Ebola

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Ingenuity Gap Planning

• for current needs
• for projected trends
• for variability
• for the unexpected
• for the unfathomable

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Self-evident truths

• Society ? industry
• Public ? consumers
• Health ? disease
• Science ? invention
• Veterinarian ? animal doctor
• Vision ? who you want to be

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News/Beer break
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Disease EcologyEpidemiology

• Quantitative approach to understanding dynamics
  of disease in populations
• Spatial disease ecology (GIS, Remote Sensing)
• Basic modeling of outbreaks, disease
  establishment and transmission,
• Planning and predicting efficacy of
  vaccination/prevention interventions

Dr Susan KutzUC Veterinary School
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Wildlife DiseasesHandbooks

• Manual of Common Diseases and Parasites of
  Wildlife in Northern British Columbia
• NWT Wildlife and Fisheries - Disease Index
• Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
• Wildlife Diseases - Sustainable Resource
  Development

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Wildlife Diseases

• Anthrax
• Brucellosis
• Tuberculosis
• Meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus)
• Winter tick
• Chronic wasting disease

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Study questions

• Translate a disease issue into policies and
  control programs

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Next class

• Wildlife policy