The role of zoos in biosurveillance

摘要: Zoos are ideally placed to act as epidemiological monitoring stations because for decades, many have been building up detailed collections of serum banks, tissue banks and medical record-keeping systems that could be mined information would beneficial public health. For example, in 1999 wild Crows Corvus brachyrhynchos the United States America started die unknown causes but it was not until some died grounds a zoological institution West Nile virus, which is threat both human animal health, identified. There serious disparity type amount biosurveillance provided humans, agricultural livestock wildlife agencies, often driven by economic factors. an argument public-health entities contribute funds cost managing serum-banks testing within zoos enhance urban settings, cost-effective mutually manner. The key sustainable integrated lies professionals working with zoo professionals, who care animals on day-to-day basis, create electronic surveillance networks. This utmost benefit everyone.