Description

Description

Case Studies in Ecohealth: Examining the Interaction between Animals and their Environment is primarily intended to be a student textbook, using a series of case studies to illustrate key concepts applicable to Eco Health, with a focus on taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems at the interface between animals and their environment.

• Using case studies, the book will illustrate key concepts in ‘Eco Health’ allowing readers to better understand the strengths and challenges of taking an ‘Eco Health’ approach
• Within the key themes addressed in the book, the reader will gain insight into how to approach complex problems at the animal-environment interface using a transdisciplinary approach
• Access to the case studies presented in the book, along with supplementary material on line, will provide the reader with good examples of current and emerging issues for discussion in the class room or for field experience programs

If you are interested in our One Health books, please also visit:

• One Health Case Studies: Addressing Complex Problems in a Changing World
• The Veterinary Laboratory and Field Manual 3rd Edition

Editors

Dr Susan Catherine Cork is Professor in Ecosystem and Public Health and founding Head of the Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, at the University of Calgary.

Dr Douglas Whiteside is Associate Professor of Conservation Medicine at the University of Calgary, Senior veterinarian at the Calgary Zoo, Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and the European College of Zoological Medicine (Zoo Health Management).

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Eco-Health, One Health & Ecosystem Health
2. Eco-Health, Conservation Medicine, and the Modern Zoo
3. Sustaining Primate Conservation through Responsible Tourism
4. Conservation Management Planning for a Critically Endangered Species
5. Past, ongoing, and future wood bison management in northern Canada: The importance of considering people in managing wildlife disease
6. Reptiles as Sentinels of Ecosystem Health: Case Example in Eastern Box Turtles
7. Balancing Wildlife & Human Needs with Fire Management: A study of Elk and fire management in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
8. Impacts of land use and climate change on natural populations: the butterfly perspective
9. Avian influenza and migratory wild birds – An Eco-Health perspective
10. Challenges and opportunities for yak herders in Bhutan
11. The Asian longhorned tick in North America – An Interdisciplinary Eco Health study
12. Human – Wildlife Conflict – An Eco Health approach to addressing primate interactions with the public in Asia
13. The Burgeoning Spectre of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
14. Ticks and tick-borne diseases in Eastern Bhutan
15. Aquaculture and aquatic biosecurity in a changing world: an insight from New Zealand
16. Marine mammals and plastics
17. Amphibian health as an indicator of wetland health
18. The Reintroduction of the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) to Scotland: Disease Risk Assessment, Welfare and Population Growth
19. Aquaculture: The Interdependency of Food Security and the Natural Environment
20. Citizen science and conservation of pollinators in Utah
21. Participatory research and community engagement in the Arctic
22. Engaging Communities in Research: Experiences from 20-years of field conservation practice in Africa
23. Citizen Science Photography in scientific literature: an efficient tool for assessing EcoHealth