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The development of an integrated wildlife disease surveillance and monitoring system for the disease management in free ranging wildlife in the greater Kruger Park

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dc.contributor.advisor Bartkowiak- Higgo, A. (Dr.)
dc.contributor.advisor Brown, L.R. (Prof.)
dc.contributor.author Oosthuizen, Johan
dc.date.accessioned 2009-11-26T13:31:26Z
dc.date.available 2009-11-26T13:31:26Z
dc.date.issued 2009-02
dc.identifier.citation Oosthuizen, Johan (2009) The development of an integrated wildlife disease surveillance and monitoring system for the disease management in free ranging wildlife in the greater Kruger Park, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2961> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2961
dc.description.abstract The study was conducted in the Greater Kruger National Park Complex (GKNP), which consists of the Kruger National Park (KNP) and adjacent private game reserves and focuses primarily on the following objectives: • To monitor and evaluate the standard of the existing disease surveillance programmes for the following diseases, Foot and Mouth, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies, within the Kruger National Park and adjacent private game reserves by evaluating the level of competency and knowledge in field rangers, field guides and trails rangers with regard to these specific diseases. It can be stated that important differences exist between disease surveillance techniques used for domestic animals and those used for wildlife (Bengis, R.G., Kock, R.A., & Fischer, J., 2002). According to Morner, T., Obendorf, D.L., Artios, M., & Woodford, M.H., 2002, it is more difficult to monitor diseases in wildlife than in domestic animals because wild animals are not constrained by boundaries and can roam over large. distances. For significant diseases in wildlife, an active surveillance programme may be the preferred approach with the aim to collect a certain number of samples from a target population (live or dead animals) to determine the point prevalence of certain pathogens. Active veterinary participation is essential in protected area management, with emphasis on training of technicians, rangers and field biologists with regard to specific diseases and their clinical signs, surveillance and sampling techniques, data collection, and reporting. For the purpose of this study, data collection was conducted by means of a questionnaire drawn up according to the related critical points as described in the Dufour grid (Dufour, 1998). The results of this study clearly showed a need to address certain important aspects regarding a wildlife disease programme within the GKNP. A more efficient wildlife disease surveillance programme, which included more specific and “hands-on” trained staff, would definitely ensure a better early warning system which would detect new or emerging disease outbreaks. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xvii, 156 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Greater Kruger National Park en
dc.subject Private Game Reserves en
dc.subject Tuberculosis en
dc.subject Brucellosis en
dc.subject Foot-and-Mouth en
dc.subject Veterinary participation en
dc.subject.ddc 639.960968271
dc.subject.lcsh Wildlife diseases -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park
dc.subject.lcsh Wildlife monitoring -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park
dc.title The development of an integrated wildlife disease surveillance and monitoring system for the disease management in free ranging wildlife in the greater Kruger Park en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.degree M. Tech. (Nature Conservation))


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