lecture 16- wildlife virology

Question 1

whats a significant problem with finding/testing for wildlife viruses?

Answer 1

you need to test/swab during time of infection, but usually wildlife is found dead afterward

Question 2

true or false: there is always a cost of being infected by a virus

Answer 2

true

Question 3

how do bottleneck events relate to viral spread? what are some wildlife examples of this?

Answer 3

animals/populations that have experienced bottleneck events are susceptible to viral disease outbreaks and consequences are severe (because low genetic diversity and smaller populations)

sea lions and herpes virus, free range cheetahs and FIP

Question 4

how does FIP differ in wildlife in Cypress?

Answer 4

FIPV combo with parvo is infectious (was contained though)

Question 5

how do viruses impact reintroduction efforts? (what should you be weary of with reintro) use Bandicoots as example

Answer 5

viruses are present in low prevalence in wildlife populations, but when you collect the wild Bandicoots and bring them together it increases stress and increases viral spread AND THEN if you reintroduce animals that are infected with a virus, then an already endangered population could be wiped out

Question 6

how do the rabies vaccines work? what kind of vaccine are they?

Answer 6

oral vaccines - live vaccines

Question 7

how do we monitor if wildlife have eaten rabies vaccine

Answer 7

oxytetracycline in vaccine - dyes teeth yellow

Question 8

what strategy does france use to vaccinate wildlife agaisnt rabies? is this effective? consequences?

Answer 8

vaccine area across france in sections at a time to vaccinate foxes

yes it is effective! however the fox population has really increased

Question 9

how has the eradication rinderpest influenced Serengeti Savanna?

Answer 9

after eradication of Rinderpest the wildebeest population increased, and Savanna ….. (something about grass growth)

increased Wildebeest also increases lion population

lots of trickledown!

Question 10

what has spain done to help with rabbit reintroduction after RHD wiped out large populations?

Answer 10

need to build habitats for rabbits, including fences so that carnivores cannot get them

Question 11

what did australia do by accident with rabbits

Answer 11

introduced RHD and Myxomatosis

Question 12

come back and add some slides here

Question 13

what are some examples of dead end hosts for high path AI

Answer 13

foxes, black bears, harbour seals

Question 14

more about HPAI

Question 15

what wildlife species do we think about in regard to Sars CoV2?

Answer 15

white tailed deer