Wild Mammal Translocations and Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Potential Pandemic Risk?

Abstract

Several advancements have been made in conservative programs involving wildlife translocations and the assessment of potential disease transmission risk. Other circumstances, such as the vast number of species received at screening facilities from various regions, rescued after being hit by automobiles, taken by the public, or confiscated by authorities from illegal commerce, have raised the likelihood of zoonosis spreading, emergence, or reemergence. Aside from the notorious necessity of improving processes for managing wildlife, having access to as much information as possible regarding the incidence of dangerous illnesses on each species can be a very useful tool for reducing disease risk.

The evolution of methods for wildlife translocations, especially involving mammals, was shown in this work. We also examined some characteristics of sylvatic animals as reservoir hosts of zoon-osis, and lastly, various tables were shown, listing a variety of mammals hosts and associated parasitic protozoa.