title: Outcomes of a 'One Health' Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland.
abstract: The Scottish Beaver Trial, involving the translocation and release of 16 wild Norwegian beavers (Castor fiber) to Scotland, provides a good example of a 'One Health' scientific monitoring approach, with independent monitoring partners on ecology and public health feeding into veterinary health surveillance. Pathogen detection did not prohibit beaver release, although eight beavers were seropositive for Leptospira spp. Six deaths (37.5%) occurred during Rabies quarantine, followed by the death of two animals shortly after release and two wild-born kits due to suspected predation. Two host-specific parasites, the beaver fluke (Stichorchis subtriquetrus) and beaver beetle (Platypsyllus castoris) were also reintroduced.
authors.affiliation: Exotic Animal and Wildlife Unit, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, EBVC, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK. gidona.goodman@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Gidona
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.affiliation: Exotic Animal and Wildlife Unit, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, EBVC, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.affiliation: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS, UK.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Girling
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Health Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University College of Southeast Norway, Bø i Telemark, Norway.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosell
authors.affiliation: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS, UK.
authors.forename: Roisin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campbell-Palmer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010271:Parasites; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012606:Scotland; D014200:Trematoda / Q000472:pathogenicity*
keywords: Castor fiber; Leptospira spp; Stichorchis subtriquetrus; one health; reintroduction