Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Wildlife, environment and (re)-emerging zoonoses, with special reference to sylvatic tick-borne zoonoses in North-Western Italy.
- Journal:
- Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- De Meneghi, Daniele
- Affiliation:
- Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali · Italy
Plain-English summary
This study looks at how changes in land use, farming practices, and increased human activities have affected the spread of diseases that can jump from animals to humans, known as zoonoses. It highlights that as people travel more and animals are moved around, the number of these diseases is rising. The paper focuses specifically on tick-borne diseases that come from wild animals in North-Western Italy, emphasizing their growing importance for wildlife, human health, and farming. Overall, it provides a summary of what is known about these wildlife-related diseases and their potential impacts.
Abstract
Over the last century, changes in land-use, modification of agriculture-livestock production systems, disruption of wildlife habitats, increase of human activities, higher frequency of international and intercontinental travels, wider circulation of animals and animal products have contributed to alter the distribution, presence and density of hosts and vectors. As a result, the number of emerging and reemerging diseases, including zoonoses, have greatly increased. Some infectious pathogens, originated in wild animals and/or maintained in sylvatic environments, have become increasingly important worldwide for their impact on wildlife, human health, livestock and agricultural production systems. In this paper, a synthesis of the information available on selected zoonoses of wildlife origin is given, with special reference to sylvatic tick-borne zoonoses in North-western Italy.
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