A systematic review of zoonoses transmission and livestock-wildlife interactions

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This systematic review was carried out between July 2010 and December 2011. The objective was to synthesize best available scientific knowledge about zoonotic disease transmission through direct or indirect interactions between domestic livestock and wildlife.

Emphasis was on risk factors, drivers and trajectories of transmission, and promising interventions for controlling important zoonoses based on managing domestic livestock/wildlife interaction.

The review considered eight themes:

  • Transmission routes and wildlife
  • Pathogen recombination
  • Risk factors for transmission
  • Drivers influencing interaction
  • Historical changes and trends
  • Livestock production systems
  • Socio-economic, institutional and political factors
  • Risk management and control

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    A systematic review of zoonoses at the interface of livestock and wildlife
    (Conference Paper, 2011-10-10) Grace, Delia; Jones, B.; McKeever, Declan J.; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Mutua, Florence K.; Njuki, Jemimah; McDermott, John J.; Rushton, Jonathan; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Kock, R.; Alonso, Silvia
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    Zoonoses (Project 1): Wildlife/domestic livestock interactions
    (Report, 2011-10-15) Jones, B.; McKeever, Declan J.; Grace, Delia; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Mutua, Florence K.; Njuki, Jemimah; McDermott, John J.; Rushton, Jonathan; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Ericksen, Polly J.; Kock, R.; Alonso, Silvia
    The objective of this study was to synthesise the best available scientific knowledge about zoonotic disease transmission through livestock and wildlife interaction (direct or indirect), with emphasis on risk factors, drivers and trajectories of transmission, as well as promising interventions for controlling important zoonoses, based on managing the interaction between domestic livestock and wildlife. A multi-disciplinary team from the International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, and the Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom, with expertise in zoonoses, epidemiology, socio-economics, and wildlife, undertook the review. A database of important zoonoses was compiled and used to develop a list of priority zoonoses with a livestock-wildlife interface for developing countries. Spatial relationships between important zoonoses and land use and human population density were explored. A systematic review was carried out focussing on: disease transmission routes, risk factors for disease transmission, drivers of wildlife-livestock interactions, pathogens of wildlife capable of recombining with organisms in livestock, wildlife species that are potential sources of zoonotic pathogens, production and socio-economic factors influencing the risk of transmission, and risk management and control interventions.
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    A systematic review of zoonoses transmission and livestock/wildlife interactions: Preliminary findings
    (Presentation, 2011-02) Grace, Delia; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Kock, R.; Rushton, Jonathan; Mutua, Florence K.; McDermott, John J.; Jones, B.
    Around 60% of all human pathogens are zoonoses and domestic animals and wildlife are of equal importance as reservoir hosts. Moreover, most emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses and most emerge from wildlife. There have been several recent initiatives to categorize zoonoses and their reservoirs but their socio-economic impact remains poorly defined and previous reviews lacked both poverty and gender perspectives. We present the initial findings of a multi-disciplinary, systematic review commissioned by the Department for International Development (UK) to synthesize best available scientific knowledge about zoonotic disease transmission through direct or indirect domestic livestock/wildlife interaction, with emphasis on risk factors, drivers and trajectories of transmission, and promising interventions for controlling important zoonoses based on managing domestic livestock/wildlife interaction. The review covers: zoonoses transmission and relative importance of the wildlife/livestock route; wildlife pathogens capable of recombining with analogous organisms in domestic livestock; risk factors and drivers for zoonoses transmission at the human/livestock/wildlife interface; historical changes in transmission and trends; livestock production systems as primary drivers of zoonotic disease load in the environment and role of wildlife as amplifiers, spill-over/indicator hosts and reservoirs; socio-economic, institutional and political factors influencing risk of transmission between wildlife and domestic livestock and from wildlife/livestock to people; risk management and control interventions and their success or failure with emphasis on interventions based on managing interaction between hosts (wildlife/livestock/humans). This review summarizes best evidence on livestock/wildlife interactions and zoonoses transmission.