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Health Protection and Promotion for Disease Management in Free-Ranging Wildlife Populations

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The strategies of wildlife disease management are built on the goals of prevention, surveillance, and management of causes of disease found in, or diseases associated with, wildlife. However, many health protection and disease control options are not always available, affordable, feasible, or socially acceptable to use in wild animals. This chapter highlights successful actions and interventions, challenges, and limitations related to wildlife disease management and reviews important disease examples that highlight these concepts. Insights are discussed on methods to prevent disease proactively and preemptively through building population resilience or protecting the determinants of health.

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Gillin, C.M. (2022). Health Protection and Promotion for Disease Management in Free-Ranging Wildlife Populations. In: Stephen, C. (eds) Wildlife Population Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90510-1_10

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