Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control.

ABSTRACT: Finding effective pathogen mitigation strategies is one of the biggest challenges humans face today. In the context of wildlife, emerging infectious diseases have repeatedly caused widespread host morbidity and population declines of numerous taxa. In areas yet unaffected by a pathogen, a proactive management approach has the potential to minimize or prevent host mortality. However, typically critical information on disease dynamics in a novel host system is lacking, empirical evidence on efficacy of management interventions is limited, and there is a lack of validated predictive models. As such, quantitative support for identifying effective management interventions is largely absent, and the opportunity for proactive management is often missed. We considered the potential invasion of the

SUBMITTER: Bletz MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780199 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature