Diseases at the Wildlife - Livestock Interface

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Host Community Interfaces: The Wildlife-Livestock

      • Kurt C. Vercauteren, Christian Gortázar, Daniel Beltrán-Alcrudo, Joaquín Vicente

      Pages 3-32

   3. Natural and Historical Overview of the Animal Wildlife-Livestock Interface

      • Joaquín Vicente, Vidal Montoro, Kurt C. Vercauteren

      Pages 33-89

   4. The Ecology of Pathogens Transmission at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface: Beyond Disease Ecology, Towards Socio-Ecological System Health

      • Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky, Eve Miguel, Richard Kock, Hugo Valls-Fox, Alexandre Caron

      Pages 91-119

3. Regional Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Characteristics and Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Europe

      • Christian Gortázar, Joaquín Vicente, Ezio Ferroglio

      Pages 123-149

   3. Characteristics and Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Asia

      • Hongxuan He, A. Che Amat, Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky, Serge Morand, Chengmin Wang

      Pages 151-180

   4. Characteristics and Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Africa

      • Ferran Jori, Helene De Nys, Bernard Faye, Sophie Molia

      Pages 181-215

   5. Characteristics and Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Oceania

      • Simon Humphrys, Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky

      Pages 217-243

   6. Characteristics and Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in North America

      • Kurt C. Vercauteren, Ryan S. Miller

      Pages 245-269

   7. Characteristics and Perspectives of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Central and South America

      • Manuel J. Sanchez-Vazquez, Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso, Larissa Cacho Zanette, Lina de Campos Binder, Alejandro M. Rivera, Baldomero Molina-Flores et al.

      Pages 271-304

4. Characterization of the Wildlife-Livestock Interface

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

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   2. Collecting Data to Assess the Interactions Between Livestock and Wildlife

      • Roxana Triguero-Ocaña, Joaquín Vicente, Michael Lavelle, Pelayo Acevedo

      Pages 307-338

   3. Characterisation of Wildlife-Livestock Interfaces: The Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches and a Dedicated Thematic Field

      • Alexandre Caron, Jose Angel Barasona, Eve Miguel, Johan Michaux, Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky

      Pages 339-367

   4. Quantifying Transmission Between Wild and Domestic Populations

      • Beatriz Martínez-López, José Manuel Díaz-Cao, Kim M. Pepin

      Pages 369-409

5. Synthesis and Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 411-411

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   2. Synthesis and Future Perspectives of the Study and Management of Diseases at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface

      • Joaquín Vicente, Christian Gortázar, Kurt C. Vercauteren

      Pages 413-421

Shared diseases among wildlife, livestock and humans, often transboundary, are relevant to public health and global economy, as being highlighted currently relative to the global COVID19 pandemic. Diseases at these interfaces also impact the conservation of biodiversity and must be considered when managing wildlife. While wildlife and domestic livestock have coexisted in dynamic systems for thousands of years, spillover disease risks are higher today than in the past due to global patterns of increasing close contact and interactions among wildlife, livestock and humans in the context of complex, diverse and numerous circumstances. Multidisciplinary studies of animal interfaces, especially those involving wildlife, therefore, must be brought to the forefront so that knowledge gaps can be realized and filled to inform managers and policy makers.

In the first part of the book authors illustrate and discuss ecological and epidemiological concepts related to the interfaces, with avision towards socio-ecological system health. In addition, the history of past animal interfaces provides the necessary perspective to focus current questions, better understand present situations, and informs how we can best approach the future. The second part discusses the myriad of similar and differing wildlife- livestock interfaces found around the world from a regional point of view. The third part focuses on how to assess the spatial and temporal overlap between livestock and wildlife, and authors present new technical innovations about how inter-transmissions between wild and domestic populations can be quantified. An overview of main modeling approaches available to quantify multi-host disease transmission at the wildlife/livestock interface, illustrated with specific-case studies, is also presented. Finally, the need for interdisciplinary approaches and a dedicated thematic field to approach the wildlife/livestock interfaces and create opportunities to promote wildlife–livestock coexistence is emphasized. 

The concluding chapter presents perspectives and directions to better understanding disease dynamics at the wildlife/livestock interface, global change and implications for the future. The changing distribution of interfaces, ongoing human and environmental changes (e. g. climate warming, changes in animal production systems, etc.) and their likely impacts and consequences for the interfaces and disease transmission processes are all discussed.

• wildlife diseases
• Emerging diseases
• One Health
• COVID-19
• History of wildlife/lifestock interface
• disease transmission
• wildlife management
• wildlife ecology
• ecology of disease transmission
• wild and domestic populations
• wildlife health
• wildlife epidemiology
• Zoonosis
• Rabies
• Corona
• Avian influenza
• African swine fever

• Spanish Wildlife Research Institute IREC, University of Castile-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

  Joaquín Vicente, Christian Gortázar

• National Wildlife Research Centre, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, USA

  Kurt C. Vercauteren

Prof. Joaquín Vicente is researcher at the National Wildlife Research Institute IREC (CSIC-Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha, Spain). His research interests include wildlife health and population monitoring, epidemiology and disease control at the animal interfaces. He currently coordinates ENETWILD and MAMMALNET projects, which aims to improve the European capacities for monitoring wildlife and support risk assessment of shared diseases. 
 
Kurt C. VerCauteren, PhD, is a Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist with the National Wildlife Research Center of the United States Department of Agriculture.  His research interests include wildlife-human conflict, wildlife damage management and the wildlife component of One Health diseases. 


Prof. Christian Gortázar is the head of the SaBio (Health and Biotechnology) Research Group at the National Wildlife Research Institute IREC (CSIC-Universidadde Castilla – La Mancha) in Ciudad Real, Spain. His research interests include viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases of wildlife, with emphasis on the epidemiology and control of relevant infections shared with livestock and humans, such as tuberculosis.

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