title: Using Qualitative Disease Risk Analysis for Herpetofauna Conservation Translocations Transgressing Ecological and Geographical Barriers.
abstract: Through the exploration of disease risk analysis methods employed for four different UK herpetofauna translocations, we illustrate how disease hazards can be identified, and how the risk of disease can be analysed. Where ecological or geographical barriers between source and destination sites exist, parasite populations are likely to differ in identity or strain between the two sites, elevating the risk from disease and increasing the number and category of hazards requiring analysis. Simplification of the translocation pathway through the avoidance of these barriers reduces the risk from disease. The disease risk analysis tool is intended to aid conservation practitioners in decision making relating to disease hazards prior to implementation of a translocation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK. Mariana.Bobadilla@ioz.ac.uk.|Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, UK. Mariana.Bobadilla@ioz.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bobadilla Suarez
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ewen
authors.affiliation: Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, UK.
authors.forename: Jim J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Groombridge
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shotton
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Sainsbury
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D012104:Reptiles; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Amphibians; Conservation; Disease management; Reintroductions; Reptiles; Translocations