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| Woodford, M.H. | |
| International disease implications for wildlife translocation | |
| 1993 Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (24): 265-270 | |
The relocation of wild mammals and birds for the reinforcement of population or for the reintroduction of a species that has become extinct in its natural range has become a popular wildlife management technique. Concern has been expressed that these translocated wild animals, which often originate in captive-breeding facilities in a distant country, may bring with them diseases and parasites that could threaten the health of the valuable domestic livestock and wildlife resources of the recipient country. At present, the International Zoo-Sanitary Code of the International Office of Epizootics (OIE) in Paris, which is implemented by all 126 nation members of OIE, applies only to the important diseases of domestic livestock that affect wild animals. However, proposals are now being made for the collection, through the OIE global network, of data on the worldwide occurrence of wildlife diseases. Following this initiative, regulations for the international movement of wildlife will be reviewed, as will proposals for the standardization of both diagnostic procedures for wildlife diseases and vaccination protocols for the immunization of wildlife. All veterinarians involved in wildlife translocation projects must cooperate closely with national and international animal disease control agencies so that regulations will be both effective and realistic. |
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