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  • Ecosystem Health
  • Veterinary Epidemiology

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  • Infectious diseases significantly threaten wild primate populations, including chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
  • Effective conservation requires understanding and mitigating disease risks to ensure the sustainability and welfare of wild populations.
  • Long-term health monitoring is crucial for detecting and responding to disease outbreaks in complex ecosystems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a long-term health-monitoring program for chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, starting in 2004.
  • To expand the project's scope to include diagnostic surveillance of pathogens for all primates, humans, and domestic animals within the Gombe ecosystem.
  • To develop baseline health indicators and inform disease outbreak response through integrated data analysis and post-mortem examinations.

Main Methods:

  • Initiated a long-term health-monitoring program including standardized clinical health data collection.
  • Integrated diagnostic surveillance of pathogens across multiple species (primates, humans, domestic animals).
  • Conducted in-depth post-mortem examinations to supplement health data and establish baseline indicators.

Main Results:

  • Developed and expanded the Gombe Ecosystem Health project over 16 years.
  • Established baseline health indicators for the Gombe ecosystem, informing outbreak response strategies.
  • Gained insights into the challenges and lessons learned from implementing multispecies ecosystem health studies.

Conclusions:

  • Long-term, multispecies health monitoring is essential for effective conservation of threatened primates like chimpanzees.
  • Integrated data from clinical signs, pathogen surveillance, and post-mortem examinations provide a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem health.
  • Continued research and adaptive management are necessary to address ongoing challenges in complex, multispecies environments.