title: Assessment and mitigation processes for disease risks associated with wildlife management and conservation interventions.
abstract: This paper describes the disease risk assessment procedure that is adopted for wildlife and conservation interventions controlled by wildlife legislation in England. A simple risk algorithm was developed that is used to identify and prioritise the procedures of most concern. The process provides a system that is intended to be practicable to implement, proportionate to the associated risks, and ensures that costs are not escalated so that the activity becomes unviable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR. matthew.hartley@defra.gsi.gov.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004739:England; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods