title: Wildlife Pathology Studies and How They Can Inform Public Health.
abstract: Emerging zoonoses have had a serious impact on human and animal health in recent decades. More often than not, these disease outbreaks have taken public health by surprise because we have failed to shift the epidemiological curve to the far left and detect zoonoses in animal populations prior to spillover to people. Not only can animals serve as valuable sentinels for emerging zoonoses but also much can be gained by the study of the animals themselves.
authors.affiliation: Tracey S. McNamara is Professor of Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California.
authors.forename: Tracey S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D011634:Public Health; D000072739:Sentinel Species; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: West Nile virus; animal studies; bat viruses; emerging infectious zoonoses; wildlife pathology; wildlife surveillance