Post-Release Health Surveillance
Post-Release Health Surveillance
Detailed monitoring of the health of wild animals must continue after release when they are vulnerable to a range of threats. Health monitoring is closely aligned to population monitoring and a declining population is an indicator that intervention is required to investigate disease threats.
Increased behavioural observation is indicated followed by clinical examination or pathological examination as suggested by the findings. Post-release health surveillance provides important feedback for the disease risk analysis and for health monitoring of future translocations
Increased behavioural observation is indicated followed by clinical examination or pathological examination as suggested by the findings. Post-release health surveillance provides important feedback for the disease risk analysis and for health monitoring of future translocations