BIOL208 Lecture Notes - Aust, Zoonosis, Henipavirus
9 Apr 2014
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Biol 208: conservation medicine: integrating ecology with health (april 7, 2014: overview, history of terminology. Disease and medicine, disease ecology, darwinian and evolutionary medicine, conservation medicine: conservation medicine: conservation of wildlife is beneficial for public health, moving beyond the host" as a means to understand/improve public health. Old school: explanation = pairwise interaction (e. g. food: general topics, disease/parasitic transfer among farms and wildlife. Many organisms are farmed, and they share pathogens with wild species. Potential of spread from (alternative hosts): farm to wild, wild to farm, both are bad! Common examples: brucellosis (bison in wood buffalo, yellowstone, shared diseases amount honey bees and wild bee populations, going to disappear: Major cause: climate change, habitat loss. Extremely high concentration of susceptible hosts: the problem: *wild species must run the shoot as juveniles. Only target salmon: 2-4 can kill a juvenile, result population crashes. Do farms actually increase transmission, putting wild populations at risk: *the first strong study.
