ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
How to Start Up a National Wildlife Health Surveillance Programme.
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- Longitudinal Surveillance of Influenza A Virus Exposure in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) in Spain (2015-2023): Serologic and Virologic Evidence of Subtype Infections and H5N1 Spillover Risk.Zoonoses and public health · 2026Article
- Organisation of Wildlife Passive Disease Surveillance in Slovenia over 30 Years (1995-2025) and Insights into Certain Causes of Disease or Mortality.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Bridging the gap: Multi-sector perspectives on human, domestic animal, and wildlife leptospirosis in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2026Article
- Multiplex serological screening of wild boar as sentinels of emerging zoonoses: HEV, WNV, and TBEV distribution in Saxony, Germany.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Monitoring Pathogens in Free-Living Large Herbivores in a Nature Reserve in the Netherlands.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Article
- Ectopic Pregnancy and T-Cell Lymphoma in a Eurasian Red Squirrel (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Wildlife health capacity enhancement in Thailand through the World Organisation for Animal Health Twinning Program.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Transboundary determinants of avian zoonotic infectious diseases: challenges for strengthening research capacity and connecting surveillance networks.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Role of the World Organisation for Animal Health in global wildlife disease surveillance.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Analysis of a European general wildlife health surveillance program: Chances, challenges and recommendations.PloS one · 2024Article
- Community-Based Workshops to Involve Rural Communities in Wildlife Management Case Study: Bighorn Sheep in Baja California, Mexico.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Exploring the depth and breadth of the genomics toolbox during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand.BMC medicine · 2023Review
- Using integrated wildlife monitoring to prevent future pandemics through one health approach.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Diseases of Iberian ibex (European journal of wildlife research · 2023Review
- SARS-CoV-2 and West Nile Virus Prevalence Studies in Raccoons and Raccoon Dogs from Germany.Viruses · 2022Article
- Wildlife Disease Monitoring: Methods and Perspectives.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Reporting of Freshwater Cyanobacterial Poisoning in Terrestrial Wildlife: A Systematic Map.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
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Abstract
Whilst multiple countries in Europe have wildlife health surveillance (WHS) programmes, they vary in scope. In many countries, coordinated general surveillance at a national scale is not conducted and the knowledge of wildlife health status in Europe remains limited. Learning lessons from countries with established systems may help others to effectively implement WHS schemes. In order to facilitate information exchange, the WHS Network of the European Wildlife Disease Association organised a workshop to both collate knowledge and experience from countries that had started or expanded WHS programmes and to translate this information into practical recommendations. Presentations were given by invited representatives of European countries with different WHS levels. Events that led to the start-up and fostered growth spurts of WHS were highlighted, including action plan creation, partnership formation, organisation restructuring and appraisal by external audit. Challenges to programme development, such as a lack of funding, data sharing, infrastructural provision and method harmonisation, were explored. Recommendations to help overcome key challenges were summarised as: understanding and awareness; cross-sectoral scope; national-scale collaboration; harmonisation of methods; government support; academic support; other funding support; staff expertise and capacity; leadership, feedback and engagement; and threat mitigation and wildlife disease management. This resource may enable the development of WHS programmes in Europe and beyond.
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