Veterinary Public Health Institute

Current Projects

Risk of disease emergence in the wildlife trade

A rapid review of evidence on managing the risk of disease emergence in the wildlife trade

Staff involved: John Berezowski, Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Damarys Montano Valle, Brian Friker, Beatriz Vidondo, Luís Pedro Carmo

Duration: Jan 2021 – ongoing

The VPHI contributed to a report led by Dr. Craig Stephen and prepared for the Preparedness and Resilience Department of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE).

In particular, VPHI researchers conducted a vulnerability assessment with the goal of assessing the nature and quantity of peer-reviewed research that could be used to identify critical control points for pathogen spillover between source wildlife within the wildlife trade supply chain and other spillover hosts.