The ecology of pathogens transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface: beyond disease ecology, towards socio-ecological system health

De Garine-Wichatitsky Michel, Miguel Eve, Kock Richard, Valls-Fox Hugo, Caron Alexandre. 2021. The ecology of pathogens transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface: beyond disease ecology, towards socio-ecological system health. In : Diseases at the wildlife - Livestock interface: research and perspectives in a changing world. Vicente Joaquín (ed.), Vercauteren Kurt C. (ed.), Gortázar Christian (ed.). Cham : Springer, 91-119. (Wildlife Research Monographs, 3) ISBN 978-3-030-65364-4

Résumé : Disease ecology aims at studying host-pathogen interactions in the context of their environment and evolution. It is concerned with how species interactions and abiotic components of the environment affect patterns and processes of infectious diseases. As such, this emerging discipline is highly relevant to improve our understanding and management of diverse and complex wildlife-livestock interfaces across the globe. We illustrate with various examples how the processes of pathogen transmission among interacting wild and domestic host populations may be analysed using tools and concepts drawn from population, landscape and evolutionary ecology. In particular, we emphasise the importance of access to resources, interspecific competition and predation in shaping the frequency and intensity of direct and indirect contacts among potential hosts at the interface. Moreover, we report on the growing importance of anthropogenic factors shaping wildlife-livestock-human interfaces, with recent changes in both livestock husbandry and biodiversity conservation practices having major impacts on pathogen emergence and spread in interface areas. We conclude by laying out the importance of the interdisciplinary integration of ecological, bio-medical and social sciences into a single discipline of “disease socio-ecology”, which remains a major research frontier for improved management of wildlife-livestock interfaces.

Auteurs et affiliations

• De Garine-Wichatitsky Michel, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (THA) ORCID: 0000-0002-5438-1473
• Miguel Eve, IRD (FRA)
• Kock Richard, Royal Veterinary College (GBR)
• Valls-Fox Hugo, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (SEN)
• Caron Alexandre, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (MOZ) ORCID: 0000-0002-5213-3273

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