title: Effective Coordination and Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Wildlife Populations.
abstract: A transdisciplinary, One Health approach is proposed for the coordination of wildlife health diagnostics, research, and policy development. In some countries, considerable effort has been made to establish specific activities including surveillance and integration of wildlife health within diagnostic and research laboratories. We suggest that some of these activities can be improved and many countries still require national structures to deal with wildlife disease investigation and management. We also suggest that scientists in this field should actively engage with national and international organizations and conferences to influence the development of policy, diagnostics, research, and management of emerging wildlife diseases.
authors.affiliation: Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), CSIRO, 5 Portarlington Road, Newcomb, Geelong, VIC, 3219, Australia. alex.hyatt@csiro.au.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyatt
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: A Alonso
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.affiliation: Geelong Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds Campus, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeggo
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Health Australia, Suite E, 34 Suakin Drive, Mosman, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D057191:Capacity Building; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000662:veterinary*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D014943:Global Health; D038622:Internationality; D058751:Livestock / Q000382:microbiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: One Health; capacity building; ecohealth; surveillance; wildlife disease; wildlife health