Wild deer as a source of infection for livestock and humans in the UK.
Wild deer can feature in the epidemiology of a wide range of livestock and human diseases in the United Kingdom by representing a source of disease via various transmission routes. This review highlights current and possible future infections of deer in the UK which may have an impact on livestock and/or human health. Increases in deer abundance as well as range expansion are likely to exacerbate the potential for disease persistence due to the formation of multi-species deer assemblages, which may act as disease reservoirs. Climatic changes are likely to have a direct impact on the presence and abundance of various pathogens and their vectors, so that with a warming climate exotic diseases may play a role in future UK livestock and wildlife disease management. This paper highlights the need for a monitoring strategy for wildlife diseases, in particular infections in wild deer, in the UK.
Böhm
Monika
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Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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Piran C L
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Chambers
Julia
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Smith
Lesley
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Hutchings
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D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D002417:Cattle; D002980:Climate; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D003670:Deer; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom; D015047:Zoonoses