Wildlife disease passive surveillance: The potential role of wildlife rehabilitation centres
Wildlife disease passive surveillance: The potential role of wildlife rehabilitation centres
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野生动物疾病被动监测：野生动物康复中心的潜在作用
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2008
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I. Robertson
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S. Trocini;C. Pacioni;K. Warren;J. Butcher;I. Robertson
野生动物康复中心的记录往往是有关物种发病率和死亡率的重要信息来源。对这些记录的分析可用于评估和改进康复技术。此外，有人提出，被允许进入野生动物康复中心的野生动物可以充当生态系统健康的哨兵(Aguirre和Else 2001，Burton和doblar 2004)。将概述欧洲和北美野生动物康复中心在野生动物疾病监测中的作用。作为一项个案研究，分析了1997年至2005年期间在Kanyana野生动物康复中心公司(KWRC)收治的鸟类、爬行动物和两栖动物的记录，以确定最常见的致病和死亡原因，并将结果与其他研究的结果进行比较。KWRC收集的数据提供了关于珀斯大都市区自由活动的野生动物种群的宝贵信息。描述了这些种群的风险因素，并与文献中报告的其他野生动物康复中心的数据进行了比较。从数据库分析中获得的知识不仅对具体的野生动物康复中心非常有用，而且还可以在更广泛的背景下进行评估。讨论了野生动物康复机构更多地参与国家野生动物疾病监测项目的可能性。综上所述，本研究提供了某些风险因素对野生动物种群和物种分布可能产生的影响的洞察，同时也提出了关于恢复管理实践的重要问题。
Wildlife rehabilitation centre records are an often unexploited source of crucial information on species morbidity and mortality. Analysis of these records can be used to assess and improve rehabilitation techniques. Moreover, it has been suggested that wildlife admitted to wildlife rehabilitation centres may act as sentinels of ecosystem health (Aguirre and Else 2001, Burton and Doblar 2004). An overview of the role of European and North American wildlife rehabilitation centres in the wildlife disease surveillance will be presented. As a case study, records of birds, reptiles and amphibians admitted to Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Inc. (KWRC) between 1997 and 2005 have been analysed, in order to determine the most common causes of morbidity and mortality, and to compare the results with those obtained from other studies. The data collected by KWRC, provides valuable information about the free-ranging populations of wild animals in the Perth metropolitan area. Risk factors for these populations are described and compared with data from other wildlife rehabilitation centres reported in the literature. The knowledge gained from database analysis is not only extre mely useful for the specific wildlife rehabilitation centre, but it can also be evaluated in a broader context. The possibility of increased participation of wildlife rehabilitation institutions in national wildlife disease surveillance programs is contemp lated and discussed. In conclusion, this study provided insight into the possible effects of certain risks factors on wildlife populations and species distribution, and at the same time raised important questions on rehabilitation management practices.