Elisabeth Heiderich, Saskia Keller, Mirjam Pewsner, Francesco Carlo Origgi, Samoa Zürcher-Giovannini, Stéphanie Borel, Iris Marti, Patrick Scherrer, Simone Roberto Rolando Pisano, Brian Friker, Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis
In a One Health perspective general wildlife health surveillance (GWHS) gains importance worldwide, as pathogen transmission among wildlife, domestic animals and humans raises health, conservation and economic concerns. However, GWHS programs operate in the face of legal, geographical, financial, or administrative challenges. The present study uses a multi-tiered approach to understand the current characteristics, strengths and gaps of a European GWHS that operates in a fragmented legislative and multi-stakeholder environment...
2024: PloS One