A Retrospective Analysis of Factors Correlated to Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Respiratory Health at Gombe National Park, Tanzania
A Retrospective Analysis of Factors Correlated to Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Respiratory Health at Gombe National Park, Tanzania
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坦桑尼亚贡贝国家公园黑猩猩 (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) 呼吸健康相关因素的回顾性分析
DOI：
10.1007/s10393-011-0683-0
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发表时间：
2011
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
A. Pusey
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作者：
E. Lonsdorf;C. Murray;E. Lonsdorf;D. Travis;I. Gilby;Julia Chosy;J. Goodall;A. Pusey
传染病和其他健康危害被假设为对野生类人猿种群的持续存在构成严重威胁。呼吸道疾病的爆发已被证明是几个野生黑猩猩研究地点特别关注的问题，导致管理人员和研究人员假设，源于人类和/或由人类传播的疾病对黑猩猩种群的长期生存构成重大风险。坦桑尼亚贡贝国家公园的黑猩猩总数已从20世纪60年代的120-150只下降到2007年底的约100只，与可观察到的疾病迹象有关的死亡是主要的死亡原因。我们利用1979-1987年间收集的一组历史数据，调查了坦桑尼亚贡贝国家公园黑猩猩呼吸道疾病的基线发病率，并分析了与人类相关的因素(如香蕉喂食、到员工宿舍的访问)和非人类相关因素(如社交、季节)对黑猩猩呼吸道疾病发病率的影响。我们发现季节和香蕉喂食是这段时间内呼吸健康临床体征的最显著预测因子。我们在减少疾病风险的管理选择和长期观测数据对保护的重要性的背景下讨论了这些结果。
Infectious disease and other health hazards have been hypothesized to pose serious threats to the persistence of wild ape populations. Respiratory disease outbreaks have been shown to be of particular concern for several wild chimpanzee study sites, leading managers, and researchers to hypothesize that diseases originating from and/or spread by humans pose a substantial risk to the long-term survival of chimpanzee populations. The total chimpanzee population in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, has declined from 120–150 in the 1960s to about 100 by the end of 2007, with death associated with observable signs of disease as the leading cause of mortality. We used a historical data set collected from 1979 to 1987 to investigate the baseline rates of respiratory illness in chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, and to analyze the impact of human-related factors (e.g., banana feeding, visits to staff quarters) and non-human-related factors (e.g., sociality, season) on chimpanzee respiratory illness rates. We found that season and banana feeding were the most significant predictors of respiratory health clinical signs during this time period. We discuss these results in the context of management options for the reduction of disease risk and the importance of long-term observational data for conservation.